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quote from his excellent book, Air Crash. Research for stories that I have written on Qantas for the Sun-Herald has always been greatly assisted by the diligent, thorough and professional library staff at Fairfax. Helen Bayliss has been particularly supportive of my more outlandish requests. My immediate bosses at the Sun-Herald, editor Simon Dulhunty, deputy editor Liz Hannan and chief of staff Chad Watson have also been incredibly supportive. Lawyer Richard Coleman gave up his own time to read the manuscript and offer advice and Richard Potter also brought his extensive legal knowledge to bear on the book.

Australia has many excellent journalists in all mediums, whose work and unsparing scrutiny of Qantas over the years, and particularly recently, has greatly helped in assembling the relevant facts for this book. They have my continued admiration. Of course, my personal thanks also need to go to my colleagues, family and friends, who tolerated without complaint the long absences and tired surliness that goes with a project of this kind. Most importantly, though, my thanks and respect go to the many people within Qantas who spoke to me about the concerns they have for the airline they all care so deeply about. For obvious reasons, they cannot be named here. I hope this book does justice to the faith they placed in me.

INDEX OF SEARCHABLE TERMS

A

Abeles, Peter

Aboriginal Australians

accident record

1921 (BE2E emergency landing, Red Head)

1934 (cover-up of DH86 crash)

1946 (loss of Lancaster bomber, Cocos Islands)

1951 Huon Gulf

1952 (Drover crash, Papua New Guinea)

1960 (engine failure, Mauritius)

1964 (landing error, Singapore)

1999 (Flight 1 overshoots Bangkok runway)

2000 (Flight 16 undercarriage collapse, Rome)

2002 (Australian Airlines fuel leaks)

2004 (Jetstar and Qantas near miss, Hamilton Island)

2004 (Jetstar baggage handler fall)

2004 (Jetstar ground handler error)

2007 (Flight 26 toxic fumes, Los Angeles)

2008 (747 emergency landing, Bangkok)

2008 (747 engine switches to idle)

2008 (Flight 30 oxygen bottle explosion, Manila)

2008 (Flight 72 computer malfunction, out of Singapore)

2009 (emergency landing, Guam)

2009 (turbulence over Borneo)

fatal accidents

first operational accident

ACTU

Adams, Denis

Aer Lingus

Aeroplane Armament Experimental Establishment (Martlesham Heath)

aerotoxic syndrome

AirAsia

Air Crash (Job)

air data inertial reference units (ADIRUs)

air flight simulators

Air France Airbus crash

Air New Zealand

Airbus crash

price-fixing

Qantas

air taxi-service

Airbus A320

Airbus A330

Airbus A380

airfares

budget airlines

fare war

internet sales

ticket forfeit

airline credit rating

Airline Partners Australia (APA)

Airport Authority of Thailand

airworthiness certificates

airworthiness directives 227

ALAEA see Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers’ Association

Allan, Captain ‘Scotty’

Allco Group

Allen, William

Altair Star (Catalina flying boat)

altitude advisory calls

Ambrose, Captain

American Airlines

American West

ANA (Australian National Airlines)

Anderson, Donald

Anderson, John

Angley, Rachael

Ansett

Air New Zealand

Australian Airlines

domestic pilots pay dispute

hush money

Qantas

toxic fumes

Antares Star (Catalina flying boat)

APA see Airline Partners Australia

Armstrong Whitworth DH4

Armstrong Whitworth DH9

Armstrong Whitworth DH50

Armstrong Whitworth DH86

Armstrong Whitworth DH86B

Askew, Kate

asset-stripping

Atlee, Clem

ATSB see Australian Transport Safety Bureau

Australian Airlines

Australian Government sale of

Qantas buys

Australian Airlines (launched 2002)

Australian and International Pilots’ Association

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

Australian Federal Police

Australian Federation of Air Pilots

Australian Financial Review

Australian Girls Choir

Australian Government

nationalises airlines

Australian Industrial Relations Commission

Australian International Pilots’ Association

Australian Labor Party lobbyist code

Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers’ Association