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FLY with Richard De Crespigny
by Nova Podcasts
When an explosion rocked a seemingly routine flight between Singapore and Sydney on November 4 2020, the Captain of QF32 Richard De Crespigny leapt into action. Decades of knowledge and experience helped him make critical decisions under pressure to safely land the crippled Airbus A380, saving more than 400 passengers and crew from the unthinkable.Now Richard is sharing his lessons in resilience, leadership, crisis management and more in the podcast series Fly.
Episodes
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John Mullen on Rebuilding Qantas and Leading Through Adversity
In this wide-ranging and deeply personal conversation, Qantas Group Chair John Mullen reflects on a life shaped by adversity, responsibility and long-term thinking. From childhood trauma and early lessons in survival, to leading some of the world’s largest logistics and aviation organisations…
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Lessons in Corporate Resilience with John Connolly
On this episode of Fly, Richard is joined by one of Australia’s most experienced public relations professionals, John Connolly. With more than 30 years' experience working with some of the world’s largest companies and organisations, he's helped CEOs, boards, and companies navigate various...
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What Future Leaders Need To Know with Sandra Peter & Kai Riemer
In this episode of Fly, Richard is joined by University of Sydney Associate Professor Sandra Peter and Professor Kai Riemer, Co-Directors of Sydney Executive Plus, to discuss their 2026 Skills Horizon report. They explore the future of leadership, the engagement of younger generations in the...
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Jake Bailey's Devastating Diagnosis At Just 18
Jake Bailey was just like any other Year 12 student in 2015, until a persistent toothache lead to a devastating diagnosis. What doctors initially thought was Jake's wisdom teeth was actually an aggressive form of cancer invading his jaw and spreading throughout his body. Initially given just two...
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The Brutal Reality of Military Life & PTSD with Tim McOwan
Current data shows that as many as 11% of Australians will suffer from PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder at some time in their life. That figure balloons to 18% for former Australian Defence Force members. But dealing with the effects of PTSD can often feel isolating and overwhelming, and many...
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Ben Pettingill on Embracing Change & Thriving With A Disability
When Ben Pettingill was just 16 years old, he lost 98% of his eyesight overnight thanks to a hereditary disease that had laid dormant up until that point. His resilience was quickly tested when Ben was forced to comprehend a new reality without his sight. Not allowing his disability to get in the...
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The Art Of Crisis Management with Sue Cato
Crisis management is one of the elements of resilience. How a person or business handles a scandal or disaster can make or break their future. In the case of QF32, not one passenger spoke ill of Qantas, myself or the crew in the aftermath. In this episode, I speak with one of Australia's most...
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Resilience in the Aviation Industry with Steve Wright
Steve Wright is an experience military and commercial pilot, who spent many years specialising in human factors and safety management with Qantas. It's a role that saw him teaching and testing the next generation of pilots in aviation best practice, developing and facilitating the courses to get...
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Inverting The Logic: Tim Duggan on Working Backwards
Well known in the Australian media industry as the co-founder of independent publisher Junkee Media, Tim Duggan knows about the monotony of corporate life. After selling off and leaving the business, Tim reflected on the way we work, finding that too many of us are overworked, disengaged and...
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Former Prime Minister John Howard On Leadership & Tough Decisions
John Howard is Australia's second-longest serving Prime Minister, responsible for revolutionary gun law reform and the introduction of the controversial goods and services tax (GST). From humble beginnings working for free at his father's petrol station, Mr Howard became a lawyer before moving…
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Kate Gannon On Risk Management
Risk is one of the elements of resilience, and managing risk is a key way to improve resilience. In this episode, Richard sits down with founder of ResilienceSOS and 2025 Risk Consultant of the Year Kate Gannon to talk about why risk management is so crucial to corporate resilience, and how she's...
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The State Of Aviation with MentourPilot's Petter Hörnfeldt
Swedish-born Petter Hörnfeldt was bitten by the aviation bug as a teenager, eventually securing his place in a government sponsored training course at just 17. Following his military service, Petter was soon in the cockpit of the mighty Boeing 737-800, eventually clocking up more than 10,000…
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Red Brick Thinking with Donna McGeorge & Emotional Intelligence with Amy Jacobson
In this episode of Fly, Richards with thought leaders in two critical areas of resilience. Donna McGeorge is an expert in productivity and high-performance. Her latest book, 'Red Brick Thinking' helps readers break through the clutter of everyday life to be more critical with their…
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Tim Jack Adams: Recharging Your Battery
In a world that's always vying for our attention and connections are harder to find, it's easy for our internal battery to quickly drain. After a friend took his life, Tim Jack Adams was determined to go back to the drawing board and rethink how we communicate about mental health. The result was...
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Fight Or Flight: Dr Jodie Lowinger On Reframing Anxiety
In a fast moving, disruptive world, where the unexpected can often feel intimidating, threatening and overwhelming, anxiety is one of the greatest societal challenges we are facing. Research suggests as many as three million Australians are living with anxiety at any one time. From children,...
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John Blackburn On The Threats To National Resilience
John Blackburn AO retired from the Royal Australian Air Force in 2008 as the deputy chief of the Air Force, following a distinguished career as an F 18 fighter pilot, a test pilot and strategic planner. Now the Chair of the Institute for Integrated Economic Research Australia and a respected...
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Gavin McCormack on resilience in education
For many of us, building resilience starts in our childhood. So it would make sense that our schools are places that help us learn those vital skills that will help us overcome and persevere later in life. In this episode, Montessori ambassador, founder of upschool.co and a 25 year veteran of the...
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Entrepreneur and aviator Dick Smith's secrets to resilience
Entrepreneur Dick Smith is best known for his groundbreaking chain of electronics stores that grew to humble beginnings in the late 1960s to a billion-dollar empire. His love of electronics was rivalled only by his passion for adventure, which saw him complete the first solo helicopter flight...
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QF32: How The Crew Kept Passengers Calm
When an explosion rocked the cabin of QF32 just four minutes after taking off from Singapore’s Changi Airport, Captain Richard de Crespigny and his crew of experienced pilots battled to control and land the stricken aircraft. But in the cabin, it was up the dedicated flight attendants to keep the...
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QF32: The Passenger Experience In The Cabin
Just four minutes after QF32 took off from Singapore’s Changi Airport, an explosion rocked the cabin, damaging vital flight controls on the Airbus A380. As Captain Richard de Crespigny and his crew of experienced pilots battled to control and land the stricken aircraft, the lives of 440…
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QF32: The Inside Story From The Flight Deck
On November 4, 2010, QF32 took off from Singapore’s Changi Airport just before 10am. For the passengers and crew on board, it was a routine take-off. Until four minutes in, when an explosion rocked the cabin, damaging almost every major system on the massive Airbus A380. The lives of 440…
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When an explosion rocked a seemingly routine flight between Singapore and Sydney on November 4, 2020, the Captain of QF32 Richard De Crespigny leapt into action. Decades of knowledge and experience helped him make critical decisions under pressure to safely land the crippled Airbus A380, saving...
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When an explosion rocked a seemingly routine flight between Singapore and Sydney on November 4 2020, the Captain of QF32 Richard De Crespigny leapt into action. Decades of knowledge and experience helped him make critical decisions under pressure to safely land the crippled Airbus A380, saving more than 400 passengers and crew from the unthinkable.Now Richard is sharing his lessons in resilience, leadership, crisis management and more in the podcast series Fly.
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When an explosion rocked a seemingly routine flight between Singapore and Sydney on November 4 2020, the Captain of QF32 Richard De Crespigny leapt into action. Decades of knowledge and experience helped him make critical decisions under pressure to safely land the crippled Airbus A380, saving more...
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