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Hello all,
This is not a thread for debate, more just me wishing to express why I keep going with QF.
Due to work I am based overseas, South America to be exact. Love the lifestyle, but I still miss Australia. Because I miss Aussies and all the good things that they can be.
Qantas is such a good example.
Despite my own need for frequent solo travel, I have just brought my wife and kids back for the first time in a year. All the usual excitement of them getting to see friends, etc, but the best part is getting the taste again of what it is to be Australian.
After doing some LAN flights to get to Santiago, we boarded QF28 to do the main SCL-SYD leg. And it was such a spectacularly nice flight!! Great food, good IFE, nice seats (managed to park my family of four across aisle 1), but above all, GREAT staff! Cared for my family with skill, dedication, and most importanttly, that truly Aussie thing of genuineness.
But the thing that most struck us during the flight was the pilot´s speech. After takeoff and climb he did the usual pilot´s spiel, (I cannot remember the exact words), after he said the basics he said that he now had to get back to doing all the ¨pilot stuff¨ and politely signed off. You just dont hear this from other airline pilots. That simple phrase encaptured the Aussie spirit of getting important things done but also the lack of being pompous. My wife laughed out loud. And she then commented to me (she is not comfie flying) that she felt more reassured by this pilot´s manner than any other flight.
And it was just so Australian!! Loved it. Made me feel like I had got home the second I boarded the flight, way before seeing the mother-country.
Thank you Pilot, and thank you Qantas.
Cheers!!
This is not a thread for debate, more just me wishing to express why I keep going with QF.
Due to work I am based overseas, South America to be exact. Love the lifestyle, but I still miss Australia. Because I miss Aussies and all the good things that they can be.
Qantas is such a good example.
Despite my own need for frequent solo travel, I have just brought my wife and kids back for the first time in a year. All the usual excitement of them getting to see friends, etc, but the best part is getting the taste again of what it is to be Australian.
After doing some LAN flights to get to Santiago, we boarded QF28 to do the main SCL-SYD leg. And it was such a spectacularly nice flight!! Great food, good IFE, nice seats (managed to park my family of four across aisle 1), but above all, GREAT staff! Cared for my family with skill, dedication, and most importanttly, that truly Aussie thing of genuineness.
But the thing that most struck us during the flight was the pilot´s speech. After takeoff and climb he did the usual pilot´s spiel, (I cannot remember the exact words), after he said the basics he said that he now had to get back to doing all the ¨pilot stuff¨ and politely signed off. You just dont hear this from other airline pilots. That simple phrase encaptured the Aussie spirit of getting important things done but also the lack of being pompous. My wife laughed out loud. And she then commented to me (she is not comfie flying) that she felt more reassured by this pilot´s manner than any other flight.
And it was just so Australian!! Loved it. Made me feel like I had got home the second I boarded the flight, way before seeing the mother-country.
Thank you Pilot, and thank you Qantas.
Cheers!!