Despite his better judgement, Bas Scheffers comes back to hang out with us once again as we discuss some of the news items from the past week or so. Topics of discussion in this episode include:

• Jetstar flight attendant gets in trouble with Facebook:
• Jetstar attendant contacted 15yo passenger on Facebook (ABC News)
• Jetstar worker in strife over Facebook incident (ABC News)
• Mile-high matchmaking: social networking service (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
• Jetstar eyes growth in Asia, India (David McIntyre @ Brisbane Times)
• Mid-air dramas trigger action: Qantas (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
• Qantas criticised over foreign butter (ABC News)
• Air New Zealand says demand recovering, no capacity cuts (Reuters)
• Investigations into fatal plane crashes begin (ABC News)
• Regional Express (REX) flying into Northern Queensland again:
• New airline arrives in town (Bianca Clare @ the Daily Mercury)
• New routes launched during the last week (Saturday 26 September – Friday 2 October) (from Airline Network News & Analysis – scroll down to the end of the article)
• Landing scare at Wagga airport (ABC News)
• Smelly, fat, seat-kickers worst plane passengers (ABC News)
• Boeing Receives Australian Industry Award For F-111 Support (Aero-News.net)
• Defence told to clean up creek contamination (ABC News)
• New delay for RAAF KC-30s (Australian Aviation)
• More news of air traffic system improvements
• Qantas calls for air traffic overhaul (ABC News)
• Qantas has called for ‘smarter skies’ (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
• Airlines to save millions as defence flight paths open (Sydney Morning Herald)
• Virgin Blue and The Black Eyed Peas join music’s Mile High Club (Access All Areas)

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