Even down here in Australia we’re being impacted by the out-of-control antics of the TSA, so what the heck, we’ll have a bit of a c’est la vent moment about it. We also have our usual opinionated discussion on some other news items and chat with Shashank Nigam from SimpliFlying.

Here’s how the show proceeds:

• Prosecutors want Garuda pilot back in jail (ABC News)
• Farmer’s flight path message for charity (ABC News)
• The first aircraft taken to Antarctica has been found again:
• Remains of Antarctica’s first plane found (ABC News)
• Future of Antarctic plane undecided (ABC News)
• David Vanderhoof gives us an Aviation History segment
• Guy Menzies with his crashed Avian (image)
• Image of an Avian in a pprune.org story
• QANTAS Super Constellation
• Air NZ’s new cabin crew outfits like ‘drag queens’ (Greer McDonald & Kiran Chug @ Sydney Morning Herald)
• Phrase “elephant in the room” is most popular cliche of 2009 (The Mirror) (AirNZ’s use of the phrase “disestablished”)
• Tiger Airways carries 3 millionth passenger (Travel Daily News)
• Tiger’s flight delayed 10-hours (The Morning Bulletin)
• Tiger Airways advances aircraft delivery (Yahoo! Singapore)
• Discussion about Tiger’s callsign on our forum @ Downwind
• Jetstar and AirAsia form a Joint Venture:
• http://au.biz.yahoo.com/100105/2/2am5y.html (Yahoo! FInance)
• Analyst tips fruitful Jetstar-AirAsia alliance (ABC News)
• Two-for-one budget airlines (Stephen Bartholomeusz @ Business Spectator)