Australian Aviation

The Flying Kangaroo has accused consumer group Choice of using out-of-date data to hand the airline a joke award for poor performance.

It follows the Federal Court last year ruling that the Flying Kangaroo was wrong to outsource 2,000 ground handling roles and subsequently rejecting the first appeal.

Siswo Pramono called the development an “arms race” in an interview with The Guardian and raised concerns it could stifle economic progress because the research was “very expensive”.

From November 1, members of the Air Force will now be permitted to have facial hair, provided that it maintains a clean, neat, and professional appearance, and meets health and safety requirements.

Andrew Hastie also called for an increase in defence spending “well above” 2 per cent of GDP and argued that “the window is closing fast” for Australia to be ready for a major war.

An ATSB report revealed the pilot didn’t follow visual flight rules and entered an area where visibility was reduced to just 10 metres. When the tree was spotted, it was too late to steer away.