After almost two weeks we finally get another episode out, but this one should be worth the wait. We have our first guest discussion session (@MaxFlight from the Airplane Geeks Podcast) and we have our first interview (Carlo Santoro from the Flight Experience Melbourne 737 simulator). In addition to all this, we also discuss the following topics:

• Bodies of the passengers on the Airlines PNG Twin Otter crash at Kokoda are returned
• Kokoda crash victims arrive home (Paul Millar @ The Age)
• 'Bubbly' pilot broke down barriers (Michael McKenna and Natasha Bita @ The Australian)
• Fellow pilots remember Kokoda crash victims (Sarah Elks and Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
• Virgin Blue to drop their code share with United (thanks to @DanWebbage for the lead)
• Virgin Blue to end codeshare partnership with United (Brendan Sobie @ FlightGlobal)
• QANTAS profits drop dramatically
• Qantas profit plunges 88pc, misses market forecasts (Bill Lindsay @ The Australian)
• Qantas shares defy profit plunge (Bill Lindsay @ The Australian)
• Qantas says LA and London routes behind profit nosedive (The Australian)
• Boeing Tells Qantas 787 Will Fly This Year (Aero News Network)
• Qantas targets costs as profit tumbles (Matt O'Sullivan @ The Age)
• Flight Centre also has a dramatic drop in their profit
• Flight Centre hits financial crisis turbulence (Michael Janda @ ABC News)
• Flight Centre optimistic on travel sector recovery in fiscal 2010 (Bill Lindsay @ The Australian)
• We talk briefly about travel agents vs online travel planning and Grant shamelessly plugs Cloud 9 Travel in Melbourne, his favourite boutique travel agency
• Falling profits are the norm at the moment with Macquarie Airports and Air New Zealand also earning less than expected
• Macquarie Airports hit by fall in asset values, air traffic (Iain MacDonald @ The...