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Season 1 of The Crew Room allowed me to chat to friends who had wonderful stories to share about their time in the Aviation Industry. However, overnight, COVID had a huge impact on the industry, with airlines grounding fleet, standing staff down, or in some cases, making them redundant. For Season 2, I have decided to go in a new direction. There are MANY crazy things that happen in the aviation industry, many of them involving passengers who literally lose their sh*t over the most menial th ...
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Welcome to The Crew Room. A podcast where I speak to my friends about their amazing aviation careers. This week is the last episode for season 1 of The Crew Room. To end this season, my special guest is Deborah Lawrie. Deborah began her flying journey as a 16 year old at Moorabbin Airport when her father bought her 2 flying lessons. From that momen…
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Welcome to The Crew Room. A podcast where I speak to my friends about their amazing aviation careers. This week I speak to someone I have known my whole life.... My sister Jodie. She started her career in aviation when she secured a job as a Reservations Agent with Virgin Blue. In fact, I was one of her Trainers. After a year on the phones, she mov…
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Welcome to The Crew Room. A podcast where I speak to my friends about their amazing aviation careers. This week I chat to my amazing friend Sherin. She started her aviation journey with Ansett Australia, and in this episode we realise that we lost our jobs with the airline almost 20 years ago. It was a fantastic journey down memory lane with Sherin…
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Welcome to The Crew Room. A podcast where I speak to my friends about their amazing aviation careers. Can you believe it, we are up to episode 7 already, and this week I chat to my pilot friend Sally. Sally began her commercial aviation career with Virgin Australia as a First Officer on the EJET, and then moved to the A330. Unfortunately, the COVID…
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Welcome to The Crew Room. A podcast where I speak to my friends about their amazing aviation careers. This week, I chat to Elliott. I remember meeting Elliott when he was Ground Crew in Sydney and he met my aircraft. We began to chat and a great friendship formed. Eventually, Elliott moved to Cabin Crew, then to Cabin Supervisor, and finally to Act…
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Welcome to Episode 5, and part 2 of my chat with Tash. This week, we discuss her long career with Virgin Australia, and how the pandemic made her reassess her life in the skies. I truly enjoyed reconnecting with Tash. You can hear in her voice that aviation gave her some of the best memories in her career. Please remember to subscribe, share, like …
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Welcome to The Crew Room. A podcast where I speak to my friends about their amazing aviation careers. This week is part 1 with Tash. What an amazing career she has had in aviation. Her first job working with an airline took her to the Middle East where she lived in Bahrain working as an International Flight Attendant for 3 years. She then returned …
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In this episode, I speak to Andrea. Andrea was a Sydney Based Cabin Crew member for Virgin Australia. We met on a day trip. It was supposed to be a day like any other, however, this day ended abruptly with an incident involving severe turbulence. I also chat to Andrea about life during and after Virgin Australia. This was a very enjoyable chat with…
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Welcome to The Crew Room. In this Episode, I speak to my great friend Tony. He currently works in Melbourne, and has decided to take a career break from flying for now with the hopes of returning to flying in the near future. We speak about how he decided to become a flight attendant, how he set up his small organisation (Hug Your Crew) to raise fu…
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Welcome to The Crew Room podcast. Aviation has been hit hard by the COVID pandemic. I spent 25 years in a variety of aviation jobs, the last 15 years as a Flight Attendant. I wanted a place where I could speak to my aviation friends about their happy times in the industry, and I wanted to share this with you. Everyone needs a happy place in this cr…
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