Category Cabin Crew

Happy New Year

1 January, 2017 · by · in Cabin Crew, Leadership, Management, News, Passengers, Personal, Teamwork · 8 Comments

My last day of 2016 ended with a twenty four hour long tour of duty flying from Melbourne to Dubai International Airport on board my favorite Airbus A380 named “Nancy-Bird Walton“. Dubai International Airport became choked when visibility at three of the five available airports reduced to just 100 metres.  Scores of aircraft arriving from […]

“Resilience at the edge of chaos” (My interview with Mark Bouris)

10 July, 2015 · by · in A380, Back Stories, Cabin Crew, Leadership, Management, Neuroscience, News, Passengers, Personal, Phoenix, Psychological, Teamwork, Training · Leave a comment

I enjoyed being interviewed by Mark Bouris this week about “Resilience at the edge of chaos”.   We discussed issues ranging from the neuroscience of leadership to survive ‘Black Swan events’, to future technologies  and how robots will impact business and employment.  markbouris.com.au/episode-14-mark-bouris-podcast Mark’s Podcasts Mark’s fascinating podcasts are downloaded by about 275,000 listeners every […]

Keep Calm!

28 March, 2015 · by · in Cabin Crew, Leadership, News, QF32 Story, Security, Training · 38 Comments

Version 11 – January 2016 Hello Captain Rich, My question is regarding the recent German-wings crash over the French alps. In an airline multi crew environment. How is it that the Captain can leave his fellow co-pilot all by himself in the cockpit alone to monitor, fly and manage the aircraft systems? Even if the […]

The Empirical Skeptic and Hacker

21 March, 2014 · by · in A380, Airbus, ATSB, Back Stories, Big Jets Book, Cabin Crew, Leadership, Management, Passengers, QF32 Story, Rolls-Royce, Teamwork, Technical, Technical Crew, Training · 8 Comments

Version 10 – July 2016 Viewers of  Air Crash Investigators program have asked me many questions including: Why didn’t we evacuate the A380 immediately after stopping on the runway in Singapore? What are my views about the Malaysian MH370 incident? My answers centre around how I gather, judge, store and use data. Empirical Skeptic I am […]

Back Story QF32 Page 045 – Why we need to pay attention to the pre-takeoff safety briefing

21 August, 2012 · by · in Back Stories, Cabin Crew, Passengers, QF32 Story · Leave a comment

This excellent article in the Sydney Morning Herald explains why we should all pay attention to the airline pre-takeoff safety briefings. The briefings are not for entertainment: Federal aviation regulations require that passengers be briefed before every flight. You chance of surviving an accident increases if you follow the instructions. Think about  David Cassebohm (QF32 […]

Back-story QF32 p 141 – Michael von Reth

31 July, 2012 · by · in Back Stories, Cabin Crew, Management, Passengers, QF32 Story, Teamwork · 1 Comment

Introduction (by Richard de Crespigny) – 31 July 2012 Michael is a humble and self effacing man who shies away from being held up for accolades. A man I hold in the greatest of respect (Susan Rice, Cabin Safety Specialist, CASA) It is rare that I find myself in absolute awe in the presence of […]