Geoffrey Thomas

Flying in comfort an increasingly weighty matter

It's almost that time of year: flying away for a holiday on crammed planes with a whole lot of passengers who have possibly eaten far too much Christmas pudding - for years and years! Yes, it's the annual...
Tue, October 27, 2009, 2:23 pm WST
Airport curfew would be a disaster for WA

"Perth we have a problem." Military airspace demands and a booming resource sector have created enormous problems at Perth for Airservices Australia (ASA), the nation's air traffic control provider.Between 2002 and 2005 there were 40 instances...
Tue, September 1, 2009, 10:40 am WST
Mobile phones: coming to a flight near you

Japanese politicians have been banned from using them, Italian politicians have loudspeakers installed under their parliamentary seats to drown them out and many prestigious golf clubs ban them at the entry gate.They are arguably the most annoying...
Thu, August 20, 2009, 4:24 pm WST