A good news day

A new aircraft type offers new cheer for airline pilots

The recent Qantas profit announcement was met with cheers from many quarters. The Flying Kangaroo had bounded back into the black and everyone from investors to staff were smiling. Undoubtedly, there were particularly broad grins on some of the flightdecks with news of the first Boeing 787s being given the green light, for nothing pleases pilots more than the announcement of a new aircraft type.

Artists’ impressions of Dreamliners sporting white skins and red fins emblazoned the broadsheets and sang the praises of the airline’s miraculous turnaround. Occasionally accurate performance figures and specifications accompanied editorials heralding a new era in Australian aviation. New efficient engines, wings at full flex and magical dimming windows were all amazingly recounted for the general public. The world was the airline’s oyster once more and the future was bright.