Ready for Take-Off (TV show)

[RichardMEL]

This week's ep is pretty good, but for personal reasons I'm quite emotional at the Paired Kidney Exchange story

folks, registor to be a donor OK? Then fly F and enjoy the Salmon !!!

 

[Quickstatus]

This week's ep is pretty good, but for personal reasons I'm quite emotional at the Paired Kidney Exchange story

folks, registor to be a donor OK? Then fly F and enjoy the Salmon !!!

And Folks, PLEASE, talk to family so they know of your intention to be an organ donor. Then fly F and enjoy the Salmon !!!

 

[wazza888]

Why StarTrack to deliver the organ and not the hospital's own transport?

 

[Quickstatus]

Why StarTrack to deliver the organ and not the hospital's own transport?

It does not matter how it gets there so long as it gets there - in one piece and quickly. In this case, it would be a direct door to door service, not the usual 7-10 working days and certainly (and becoming more common) not a postcard in letterbox saying you werent home (when you were) and kidney is now waiting at postoffice for pickup after 4pm

Did you know that most blood is stored at a central repository in a capital city. Each hospital has a certain supply and when they run out taxis are used to transport the blood.

 

[under the radar]

Why StarTrack to deliver the organ and not the hospital's own transport?

startrack's function is to deliver 'parcels', whatever/wherever, and has its procedures/protocol/arrangements with hospitals for such deliveries, and more cost effective i'm guessing, without the need for the hospital, which has limited/finite resources/staff.....FUNDING, to allocate to this area. Just my 2c worth

 

[wazza888]

It does not matter how it gets there so long as it gets there - in one piece and quickly.

Absolutely, the advantages of a hospital vehicle would be a siren in case of gridlocks around the Sydney mascot area.

 

[Quickstatus]

Absolutely, the advantages of a hospital vehicle would be a siren in case of gridlocks around the Sydney mascot area.

Hospital vehicles do not have sirens.

Kidney viability is up to 48 hours post explant.
Heart maybe only 5 hours.

 

[Flying Fox]

I liked the bit where LHR had the bin with F bags off QF1 in 6mins!

I was impressed.

 

[Limewood]

folks, registor to be a donor OK? Then fly F and enjoy the Salmon !!!

I registered ages ago for kidneys, but they didn't want my liver!, wonder why musta spoke to my Doc who keeps lying about its condition

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Awww... well this latest extended advertisement for Qantas was somewhat redeemed by the QantasLink FA who you couldn't help but smile along with. Good on him for being so enthusiastic. Wish we had more crew like that.

The 'fist class passenger' trying the meal? I'm not convinced he was real!!

 

[Quickstatus]

The 'fist class passenger' trying the meal? I'm not convinced he was real!!

Maybe a QF Staff on staff travel. After all he was dressed and behaved appropriately.
Or some passenger who was comped an upgrade with a proviso that he gives a nice report for the camera?

 

[blu]

....at the Paired Kidney Exchange story

and Dr Scott Leslie - a skilled & caring Urol/robotic surgeon.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Maybe a QF Staff on staff travel. After all he was dressed and behaved appropriately.

Yeah. But I can't imagine a regular First class passenger describing an airline dish as 'extraordinary' and 'out of this world amazing'. With the exception perhaps of Swiss or Lufthansa catering. Otherwise you'd get better on the ground.

 

[Quickstatus]

Especially after one little mouthful. It was contrived.

 

[RichardMEL]

the whole food segment with Perry et al was disappointing. I didn't mind the chef preparing stuff and going out for the salmon etc but the rest... a bit of a wank

specially for those of us who have been lucky enough to fly QF F... I prefer the catering on some other carriers myself. QF is not bad.. but it's hardly out of this world etc

my 2 cents

 

[Flying Fox]

Just noticed that there is no episode listed for this FRI.

Anyone know when the next episode will be aired?

 

[OATEK]

Maybe a QF Staff on staff travel. After all he was dressed and behaved appropriately.
Or some passenger who was comped an upgrade with a proviso that he gives a nice report for the camera?

I was told recently that staff get an email the night before if the film crew are going to be on board, and that apparently not all wish to become TV stars.

 

[Quickstatus]

The Perry wine tasting panel?. Puffery!!. The real wine tasting panel was summarily dismissed along with their immense experience and industry contacts.

 

[vandy]

Rest of the program was ok actually. Although I'm puzzled how the whole family of UK passport holders couldn't get residence in the UK?

That's been bugging me since watching it as the story doesn't make sense to me at all. Unless you can be a British passport holder without being a citizen? Because as a UK citizen she has the right to live and work in the UK permanently. This family should not have needed any returning resident visas to stay in the UK if they're citizens.

 

[Sdtravel]

That's been bugging me since watching it as the story doesn't make sense to me at all. Unless you can be a British passport holder without being a citizen? Because as a UK citizen she has the right to live and work in the UK permanently. This family should not have needed any returning resident visas to stay in the UK if they're citizens.

I have no idea about the laws or anything so done shoot me. But perhaps the children didnt qualify. They had different last names so perhaps werent British (if the episode said they were i dont remember since it was a while ago). Maybe she was fine and they or one of them were not. As Australian's can we just go live and work in the UK permanently or do we need to apply?