Category: Podcast

In this special episode, Jesse Young, head of flight operations at Leidos, and Lea Vesic, CEO of RMIT’s Aviation Academy, talk candidly about what it will take to build and retain our future workforce.

Adam and Jake look at the arguments around Sydney Airport slot management as former ACCC chair Rod Sims suggests it is partially responsible for Rex and Bonza’s respective failures.

Adam and Jake discuss what went wrong at Rex as the airline axes its domestic jet operations and enters voluntary administration.

Adam and Jake discuss the pandemonium at Australian airports from last week’s CrowdStrike IT outage.

Adam and Jake discuss Qantas boss Vanessa Hudson’s suggestion that Australia has no room for more domestic airlines.

A panel including Rex’s Ron Bartsch, Qantas’ Harry Jobberns and Jet Zero’s Ed Mason discuss the sector’s push towards net zero.

Adam and Jake discuss the reasons for Bonza’s demise, and ask what will become of its former routes, as the airline is officially liquidated.

With Bonza’s liquidation now likely a foregone conclusion, Adam, Jake and Ben examine whether the government should support more low-cost carriers.