Clik here to view.
Airline Monkeynomics
It should come as no surprise that airlines view us as animals. We are herded onto the plane like cattle; on board we are jammed into minuscule seats where we sit like battery hens. Then we are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bitching Betty
There are some fabulous safety devices in a modern airliner cockpit. Wonderful gizmos such as TCAS (which warns about potential collisions with other aircraft) and GPWS (which warns about crashing into...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fine Print Gets Finer
When an airline pays taxes based only on the “raw” ticket price that they charge, those airlines have great incentive to “unbundle.” By separating their basic ticket price from all of the fancy “added...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ladies, Improve Your Aviation Manipulation Skills
I don’t need to tell you that men are strange creatures – strange but simple. This is doubly so for pilot-men. Apparently aviators have a higher IQ than ordinary mortals. This is not based on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Inflight Relief: Aviation Toilets
In the airline world we take certain luxuries for granted. These luxuries include many safety devices: autopilots, EGPWS and TCAS to name a few. As good as these things are, they are nothing compared...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NASA’s Manned [Watch-This-Space] Program
The Space Shuttle- a glorious noisemaker! At the time of writing we are awaiting the last flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour, delayed from its initial launch attempt by a technical issue with one of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Carbon Tax: The Big Con
The Australian Government is pushing forward with a carbon pricing scheme, initially to be a “carbon tax,” eventually to become a “cap-and-trade” emissions trading scheme (ETS). But what does it mean...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Aviation: Physics Not Required!
Historically a pass in high school Maths, Physics and English were prerequisites for a career as a professional pilot. Not any more! These days some airlines and military institutions have removed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Economics 101: The Boston Matrix Model
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen - not the kind of model we're talking about. Economists love models. I’m not talking about Claudia Schiffer or Gisele Bündchen, I’m talking about a simple diagram that helps...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Aviation User Fees
The US Government is proposing to introduce user fees for General Aviation turbine aircraft operations, being a $100 per flight fee. Despite the Government’s assertion that such a tax is a good thing,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Oxymorons!
In the modern world the evolutionary processes that cull weaker animals thereby ensuring the survival of the fittest do not seem to apply to humans. From advanced medical techniques through to the...
View Article
