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Australian Aviation Podcast Network — 393 episodes

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1

Is it worth complaining about flight delays?

2

How Deb Lawrie blazed the trail for equal flights

3

From washing planes to flying them

4

Iran war turns our skies upside-down

5

Fixing the talent pipeline, with Anntonette Dailey

6

The future of Australia's air defence

7

Who killed Bonza?

8

Bonza's Tim Jordan breaks his silence

9

Is Kuala Lumpur the next Changi?

10

Aviation's clash of the titans

11

Is Australia on a Bali high?

12

Is our jet fuel supply in dire Straits?

13

Bonza boss bites back

14

Should airlines say goodbye to Dubai?

15

Are high-speed trains the new planes?

16

Revenge of the sky kittens

17

A busy week for the bush

18

Sayonara, Jetstar Japan

19

Should public servants keep their status perks?

20

Airlines v airports – again

21

AIs in the skies

22

Winning the 'war on talent'

23

Making your manuals automatic

24

How QF32 beat the 'black swan'

25

The highs and lows of 2025

26

Sky-high demand sends airfares soaring

27

A320s eighty-sixed – what's the 411?

28

Smashing the aviation data silos

29

Major airlines charged with assault on batteries

30

What makes a good air incident investigator, with UNSW

31

Jetstar's Singapore fling

32

A big step towards Project Sunrise

33

How a 'Teen Pilot Down Under' conquered the world

34

Air T-Rex deal met with raptor-ous applause

35

Book thrown at Bonza backers

36

Is Sydney ready to be a 2-airport city?

37

Qantas data hits the dark web

38

Making airports autism-friendly

39

Qantas' fleet future takes flight

40

Cyber chaos at Europe's big airports

41

E2, flown home

42

'Keep going until you can't'

43

The most wonderful time of the (financial) year

44

Should Qantas trim back its beard ban?

45

Has Qantas learned its lesson?

46

Shaping the future of air traffic management with Daniel Wang and Rodney Sciortino, Rohde & Schwarz

47

Confronting the Tiger in the room

48

A new coat of paint for Skytrans

49

Farewell, Adam Thorn

50

Are power banks a flight risk?

51

Qantas hits the jackpot on Sydney slots

52

Scattered Spider catches Qantas in its web

53

Qantas XLR-ates its fleet renewal

54

Smooth landing for Virgin at ASX

55

The return of TAA?

56

3 Australian astronauts answer questions from schoolkids

57

Is Newcastle the next Gold Coast?

58

A life-changing solo flight

59

'It's a lot easier to shut it down than to start it up'

60

Lord of the Wings: Return of the King

61

When America sneezes…

62

Is pay-on-delay a 'win-win'?

63

Trade war clips Boeing's wings

64

ASIC closes the book on Bonza

65

Fool us once…

66

On location at Avalon Airshow

67

How Mission Aviation Fellowship is helping remote communities

68

Infrastructure Week for Australia's airports

69

A bad week to be a nervous flyer

70

Qantas threads the needle

71

Is it third time lucky for MH370 searchers?

72

How GE Aerospace is innovating towards a sustainable future

73

Is Rex on the road to nationalisation?

74

Who will win Virgin's 'game of planes'?

75

Is the wait almost over on Virgin's Qatar deal?

76

The Boomerang's comeback

77

Has Koala already fallen out of the tree?

78

Are we ready for the next Black Summer?

79

South Korea crash puts safety back in the spotlight

80

How Cyclone Tracy produced Australia's greatest airlift

81

Australian Aviation's 2024 year in review

82

The fight for disability rights on flights

83

Virgin rolls ahead on Qatar deal

84

Top dollar in the Top End

85

Splitsville for Virgin and Etihad

86

Rex's $80m life raft

87

Inside the "Chairman's Lounge"

88

Alan Joyce – hero or villain?

89

And the Huey goes to…

90

Angela Garvey talks her GA mental health survey

91

Slots, Soot and saving Rex

92

Virgin and Qantas and Rex – oh my!

93

Is it time to break up Qantas and Jetstar?

94

Has Rex's exit pushed up airfares?

95

Recreating a Moth flight from the UK to Australia

96

A tale of three airlines

97

What's in the white paper?

98

F-15 pilot Joel Neeb on training the US Air Force's best

99

Tackling the talent crisis with Leidos and RMIT

100

Are slots to blame for Rex and Bonza's collapse?

101

Rex wrecks – what's next?

102

Chaos strikes crowds as CrowdStrike strikes out

103

Is Australia's domestic airline market full?

104

Can aviation embrace sustainability, with UNSW

105

Farewell Bonza, we hardly knew ye

106

Do low-cost airlines need a government leg-up?

107

And the winner of the 'Battle for Bali' is…

108

End of the runway for Bonza's staff

109

The final flight of the 'airship of dreams'

110

A fresh reprieve for Bonza

111

Virgin dethrones Qantas as most reliable Aussie airline

112

How this Qantas A330 pilot is flying high with his brokerage

113

What next after Bonzageddon?

114

Is it all over for Bonza?

115

Bonza sets the record straight

116

Flying Kangaroo plays it safe on Perth–London route

117

Qantas offers frequent flyers a $120m olive branch

118

Holiday headaches on the horizon as strikes loom

119

Boeing, going, gone

120

RAAF rolls out pulse-pounding new recruitment ad

121

Virgin's new pet project

122

Bonza fleet change and Jetstar's new uniform

123

Project Sunrise delayed as Airbus issues bite Qantas

124

Did Virgin's CEO leave the job on a high?

125

Inside Babcock's work at Ambulance Victoria

126

Boo returns to the Australian Aviation Podcast

127

Is Qantas' new safety video really that bad?

128

Airlines rush to pop the champers on performance data

129

Virgin and Qantas row over Bali flights

130

A Boeing disaster and Airbus triumph

131

Can Bonza recover from its Gold Coast headache?

132

The future of aviation until 2050, with UNSW

133

World's first all-sustainable-fuel flight points the way

134

How Alan Joyce transformed Qantas

135

Virgin's union row and Chris says goodbye

136

Does Qantas' 'ghost flights' defence pass the sniff test?

137

A just culture and aviation safety, with UNSW

138

Hudson changes course on Alliance deal

139

Goyder's turn for a long goodbye

140

UNSW's Andrew Charlton on the future of aviation policy

141

Who won out in Qantas v the Senate?

142

Qantas CEO makes her first big appearance

143

Qantas loses appeal over axed workers

144

Has Hudson bodged her debut as Qantas CEO?

145

Joyce has gone, but was he really that bad?

146

Qantas's big profits and bigger plane order

147

Qatar controversy and Melbourne noise

148

Is Qantas right to back the 'Yes' vote?

149

Airservices admits to problems and QF1 reviewed

150

Bonza bounces back with Gold Coast expansion

151

Slots and shortages stifle recovery

152

Is Bonza's plan now in trouble?

153

Pilots' union says ATC issues affect safety

154

Does aviation have a staffing crisis?

155

Is it time to stop moaning about aircraft noise?

156

Is the 'Wellbeing Zone' on Project Sunrise a gimmick?

157

Your last call to enter the Australian Aviation Awards

158

How CareFlight is embracing the future of aeromedical transport

159

Are airport slots hindering competition?

160

What's next for Bonza?

161

How YouTube is spreading the love of aviation

162

Is AI the future of drone flight?

163

Is Air New Zealand's Skynest a gimmick?

164

Why is Joyce's successor being paid less?

165

Is the long goodbye to Alan Joyce a good idea?

166

Who is to blame for the delay to Melbourne's rail link?

167

How Dario Valenza switched from championship boats to drones

168

Wing talks the future of drone delivery in Australia

169

Bonza sells 100k tickets despite doubts

170

Who's to blame for our 'stagnating' domestic recovery?

171

AVM Paul Godfrey on creating the UK's Space Command

172

How Little Wings helps ill children in regional towns

173

Textron Aviation's Brett Pierson talks defence and special missions

174

Rethinking how we support aviation and their families

175

Author Jim Eames on The Mighty 747

176

Bonza's CEO on the airline's launch

177

Can international aviation finally return to normal?

178

The changing face of foreign interference, with Senator James Paterson

179

Phil returns to talk domestic aviation in 2022

180

The biggest defence aviation stories of 2022

181

Babcock's Peter Newington on leadership in aviation

182

UNSW's Marek Bekier on the future of air traffic management

183

Assessing Australia's long-range strike capabilities

184

Adelaide Airport's MD talks Australia's COVID response

185

How US airlines are poaching Aussie pilots

186

How to fix our engineering talent shortage

187

Australian Aviation live at Land Forces

188

Sydney Airport's Greg Hay on aviation's exciting post-pandemic future

189

Inside Virgin's plan to fire rockets from 747s

190

UNSW's Andrew Charlton talks managing aviation's recovery

191

Inside USQ's trailblazing hypersonic wind tunnel

192

Australian Aviation bids farewell to Hannah

193

Qantas execs hit the tarmac to handle bags

194

Managing your money in a high inflation, post-COVID world

195

The realities of overseas travel right now

196

Meeting the new head of Defence Space Command

197

Air Canada 787 captain Doug Morris

198

Sky's The Limit Podcast: Changing the game with Merren McArthur

199

A near-total recovery for aviation, but are we ready?

200

Australia's close call with a Chinese fighter jet

201

The Rex v Qantas battle is back

202

Behind Quickstep's big deal with Jetstar

203

Fixing the industry's talent shortage with Aviation Australia

204

Why is an ex-Virgin B777 on the move?

205

Qantas back in the headlines after Alliance takeover bid

206

Qantas makes history with Project Sunrise orders

207

The deeper problem with airline crew sleeping on passenger seats

208

Plan your finances for life events during an uncertain decade

209

Airports erupt in chaos as Aussies get flying

210

UPRT Australia on the training that saves lives

211

Coulson talks aerial firefighting tactics

212

How Lockheed Martin Australia works with Ronson Gears

213

Why aviation needs to heed PM's warning of Russian cyber-attacks

214

A mammoth crisis recap and Bonza hits turbulence

215

Viking Boys and other untold stories of bravery with John Quaife

216

Bonza CEO reveals network plans for 2022

217

How have airlines responded to Australia's reopening?

218

Border restrictions finally fall, while WA is left in the dust

219

When will tourists touch down in Australia?

220

WA delays border opening as QLD welcomes overseas arrivals

221

Qantas cuts capacity and border openings questioned

222

Sky's The Limit Podcast: In conversation with AFAP president Louise Pole

223

Airlines scramble as Omicron wreaks havoc

224

Embraer's Eve on the future of flying taxis in Australia

225

Inside Singapore Airlines as the COVID crisis hit

226

Sky's The Limit Podcast: Doing it all with Jodie Bevan

227

Bell on how the police use helicopters in 2021

228

Australia opens – but will Omicron scupper our plans?

229

Lockheed Martin Australia on introducing the F-35 to Australia

230

Onboard a Hercules at Wings Over Illawarra

231

Bell talks the evolution of parapublic aviation

232

Celebrating the early return of the Qantas A380s

233

Chatting about supply chain and post-COVID challenges with Oceania Aviation

234

Australia finally, finally opens its borders to the world

235

Bonza founder reveals how he'll disrupt the industry

236

NSW to welcome the world, but are we ready?

237

Sky's The Limit Podcast: In the loop with Roulette Seven Aimee Heal

238

Whisper it, but international flights might return soon

239

Ex-fire chief Greg Mullins on worsening bushfires

240

Are borders really going to open by Christmas?

241

International travel creeps closer, but are we ready?

242

Sky's The Limit Podcast: The opportunities of RPAS with Amanda Meys

243

Is Australia ready to restart international travel?

244

SPECIAL EPISODE: Breaking the stigma surrounding mental health with David Coleman, Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

245

Australian Aviation meets Oceania's Greg Edmonds

246

Qantas preps its A380s for international restart

247

RAAF's great escape from Afghanistan

248

Sky's The Limit Podcast: Rising through the ranks with Kristen Raby

249

Will zero COVID keep our borders closed?

250

Mass stand-downs begin as borders slammed shut

251

How financial modelling can help retirement planning

252

Why Qantas is holding its nerve over stand-downs

253

Branson goes Galactic, Talisman Sabre and a hero pilot

254

Sky's The Limit: The female fight for space with Amy Shira Teitel

255

How Jim Whalley swapped flying Hornets to founding Nova

256

What next after domestic aviation's worst week?

257

Military special as team chat Arnhem Thunder and MRH-90s

258

Why it's time to end snap state border closures

259

Sky's The Limit: Paving the way with Deborah Lawrie

260

Matt Hall talks flying Hornets and becoming Air Race World Champion

261

Has Rex gone too far with its new Qantas attack?

262

Lockdown knocks aviation's recovery off track

263

Rex's John Sharp talks rivalries, expansion and a passion for flight

264

Sky's The Limit: Post-COVID opportunities with Kirsty Ferguson

265

ACCC clips Qantas' wings over Japan deal

266

Vaccine clot concerns threaten international restart

267

Rex vs Qantas gets nasty as Sharp and Joyce trade insults

268

Thinking long-term about personal finance during COVID

269

Australian Aviation crosses the Ditch as bubble opens

270

Is RAAF ruining tradition by axing 'airmen' for 'aviators'?

271

Discussing the past and future of RAAF after its centenary

272

What is the RAAF's greatest-ever aircraft?

273

How JobKeeper 2.0 turned out much like the original

274

Aviation gets its lifeline, but will it work?

275

How trainee pilots can thrive post-COVID

276

In praise of the brilliantly simple Caribou

277

How Australian Aviation will celebrate RAAF's centenary

278

TWU talks Virgin 2.0, JobKeeper and Alan Joyce

279

Harnessing local capability to realise growth potential— Mark Burgess, managing director and CEO of Quickstep

280

Is aviation facing a pilot shortage crisis?

281

How pilot Damien Toohey mixes law and aviation

282

Australian Aviation meets drone training school Aviassist

283

Joyce returns serve at Australian Open hypocrisy

284

Border jitters return as McCormack attacks Qantas

285

When and how will international travel return to Australia?

286

How will domestic aviation tackle 2021?

287

Australian Aviation's biggest stories of 2020

288

Why airline pilots are retraining to fly drones

289

Inside Aviation: Outback Air Race returns in 2021

290

Australian Aviation talks to Babcock

291

Inside Aviation: How does UK jab approval affect Australia?

292

Qantas and Virgin jockey for position as borders open

293

Inside Aviation: Qantas confirms outsourcing of jobs

294

Palaszczuk relents and opens her borders

295

Inside Aviation: The MAX is back, so now what?

296

What will a Biden Presidency mean for Australia?

297

Inside Aviation: Will vaccine open up the world

298

Should Qantas be 'muscling out' smaller airlines?

299

Inside Aviation: New Zealand flights return to Tasmania

300

Can Rex and Virgin fend off bullish Qantas?

301

Inside Aviation: Qatar responds to invasive search scandal

302

Who is to blame for the Qatar search incident?

303

What's the real story behind Scurrah's Virgin exit?

304

Why reliable air traffic communication networks are vital for safety

305

Can Virgin's comeback plan fend off Rex and Qantas?

306

Paul Scurrah talks Virgin's comeback plan

307

Can Rex mix it with the big boys?

308

How RBI Hawker is innovating in APAC

309

Virgin's back from the dead – so what now?

310

How does aviation solve the arrival cap riddle?

311

AIPA chief talks how Qantas pilots are coping

312

International student flights to resume while Aussies are stuck abroad

313

Will shareholders bail out the industry?

314

Flying solo with Gary Criddle

315

Chief of Air Force on shaping the RAAF to meet an evolving strategic environment

316

Is the 'Cold War' between airports and airlines wise?

317

Virgin bondholders back in the game

318

Has Melbourne's spike ruined aviation's recovery?

319

Did Qantas bolt too soon with job cuts?

320

Will case spike jitters stop aviation's recovery?

321

Bruised Virgin matches Qantas for July restart

322

Joyce's big gamble as Qantas wakes from hibernation

323

The final two bidders set to woo Virgin union

324

Cautious optimism for a post-COVID-19 aviation industry

325

Who's left in the running for Virgin?

326

The Great Restart – and the battle for Virgin

327

An impending Qantas-Virgin price war?

328

Digitally adapting the Australian War Memorial

329

No shortage of suitors for Virgin Australia

330

Can Virgin Australia survive - and will it go into administration?

331

The urgent need for an industry-wide recovery strategy

332

Is the government doing enough to support Australian aviation?

333

What next after COVID-19 puts the industry out of work?

334

An unprecedented time for the aviation sector

335

Coronavirus and Australia's airlines

336

A new beginning for Australian Aviation

337

Simulator Solutions

338

Chris Mills, CEO of Gold Coast Airport

339

Nick 'Plattsy' Platts, Head of Cargo at Heathrow Airport

340

The Future of Aerial Ride-sharing

341

Airmanship with The Aerobatic School

342

Aviation Australia Expo - Episode 3

343

Aviation Australia Expo - Episode 2

344

Aviation Australia Expo - Episode 1

345

Father's Day Series EP 3: Clarence & Colin Schofield

346

Lessons from a fighter pilot with Kerwin Rae

347

Father's Day Series EP 2: Steve & Bernadette Wallace

348

Father's Day Series EP 1: Peter "Weeksey" Weekes

349

Flight Disruptions with Greg Shaw

350

The life of a modern day Fighter Pilot and Test Pilot with Eskil Amdal - callsign Taz

351

All about Bristell with Brett Anderson from Anderson Aviation

352

"Ladies and Gentlemen this is your Surgeon Speaking" with Captain Geoff Hay

353

Wings Over Illawarra 2019

354

Follow your Dreams and Secure your First Flying Job in the USA

355

27-Years as a Pilot in the RAAF with FLLT John Tauschke

356

F1 Weekend in Melbourne - Lets talk to the display pilots!

357

Avalon Airshow 2019: Day 5

358

Avalon Airshow 2019: Day 4

359

Avalon Airshow 2019: Day 3

360

Avalon Airshow 2019: Day 2

361

Avalon Airshow 2019: Day 1

362

Part 3: Clear the Air - The mistakes people make in their interviews when applying for an airline pilot job

363

Part 2: Clear the Air - The interview process

364

Part 1: Clear the Air - The pilot shortage and the nay sayers

365

2018 - The Year that Was

366

A day in the life of a Virgin Australia 737-800 Captain with Michelle Huntington

367

Frequentis & the evolution of Remote Towers with Mark Robinson

368

Giving a little back with Fun Flight and Michel Verheem

369

Make the most of your Frequent Flyer points with Steve Hui from iFly Flat

370

Lee de Winton: CEO of Sydney Metro Airports

371

The Future of Aircraft Engines, the GE9X with Ted Ingling

372

The Western Sydney Airport - an interview with the CEO Graham Millett

373

30-Years of Jabiru with Rodney Stiff

374

Warbirds Downunder 2018: Temora Airshow Wrap Up

375

Flying the F/A-18 with SQNLDR Phil Eldridge

376

The RAAF Roulettes: an Interview with Roulette #4 Scott Tavasci & Roulette #7 Daniel Armstrong

377

Women in Aviation International with Lea Vesic

378

Warbirds Downunder 2018 - A preview of the upcoming airshow with Peter Harper

379

Red Bull Air Race Update with Matt Hall - Just 2 rounds to go

380

What happens when your Flight Medical is cancelled with: Dr Jeremy Robertson

381

Air Venture 2018 - Friday Report from Cessnock Aerodorme

382

10-Years of the QANTAS Airbus A380

383

An Aviation World Record Attempt with Liam Morey - Teen Around Oz

384

Outback Aviators - the trip of a lifetime on the Outback Air Race

385

Talking Lynx, Blackhawk and AW139 with Tim Frankel from Toll Air Ambulance

386

The inflight Entertainment Revolution with Chris Smyth from Inflighto

387

Vincent Aiello, call sign Jell-O: US Navy Top Gun Fighter Pilot

388

4000-hours on the CH-47 Chinook with Greg Maiden and Aaron Jones - Boeing Defence Australia

389

July 2018 Edition - Rusty Pilots

390

Matt Hall - Red Bull Air Race update - Rounds 2 & 3 for 2018

391

The Airline Acceptance Process with David Lohse

392

Is There a Pilot Shortage?

393

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