What Journalists will use for next QF incident

Peter JB · #1 8th January 2011, 10:26 AM

http://www.radans.net/jens/planestory.html

You can be quite creative with this

Adam P. · #2 8th January 2011, 11:08 AM

That would be the creation of one Jenny B (aka 'the Tag Lady'), a member of some of the previous incarnations of this forum.

Brock Little · #3 8th January 2011, 02:57 PM

This Jenny B made my day

Geoff W · #4 8th January 2011, 06:52 PM

I destest posting this, but PLEASE!!!

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/vic...-1225984210151

Get off the case of a near miss, I have seen several of these stories in the last few days, not so much near misses, but TOTALLY inappropriate reporting of what has occured in aviation.

When can we take the "drama" out of this?

I am a keen flyer, I NEVER want to be caught up in a real "drama", but hey! I have had several aborted landings. Hey! the team at the front know what is best for them and us.

The media is SO stupid in their reporting.

Just my view.

Kind regards,

Geoff

Raymond Rowe · #5 8th January 2011, 07:25 PM

Jen has always had a sense of humor from the day she joined the original board.

Andrew M · #6 8th January 2011, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geoff W

I destest posting this, but PLEASE!!!

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/vic...-1225984210151

I wonder if my comment will get approved there.

I doubt it.

#7 8th January 2011, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geoff W

I destest posting this, but PLEASE!!!

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/vic...-1225984210151

Get off the case of a near miss, I have seen several of these stories in the last few days, not so much near misses, but TOTALLY inappropriate reporting of what has occured in aviation.

When can we take the "drama" out of this?

I am a keen flyer, I NEVER want to be caught up in a real "drama", but hey! I have had several aborted landings. Hey! the team at the front know what is best for them and us.

The media is SO stupid in their reporting.

Just my view.

Kind regards,

Geoff

How can someone be so stupid and write this crap. Saw the whole thing unfold. All that happened was ARR went from 34 to 27, QF/JQ/DJ performed go arounds due to wx, and after more failed attempts it changed it to 16 ARR and even then there were strong winds causing more missed approaches. Just a windy day!

And whats this about a Jetstar in the way. There wasn't even one in sight let along lined up on R27. Must have been holding on Quebec but even then I didn't see one depart.

If this makes the Sun tommorow I will laugh.

Andrew M · #8 8th January 2011, 08:34 PM

We can blame "Mr Russell, a businessman from Hawthorn"

Reads like he was the one that called/emailed/sms/mms 'ed the Herald Sun and some journalist who thought they would be breaking a potential top news story choose to publish it online.

Jason H · #9 8th January 2011, 08:35 PM

So....what I gather from the article is that a 767 aborted a landing, and then a jetstar plane lined up on the same runway to takeoff?? What a disaster!!

I don't know what is funnier; the article or the comments that follow

D Chan · #10 8th January 2011, 08:42 PM

unfortunately I don't think poor media reporting is limited to just aviation items. The media has a tendency of using pre-prepared scripts so they could break news in time such as interest rate rises. In fact the Australian got it wrong back in November.