AIR - Air NZ.

[RTFQ]

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/07/10/oil-n...t-balance.html

This article is suggesting oil is headed for $38/barrel. Down 2% overnight.

[winner69]

AIR will push into the 220s today

[Beagle]

Can't agree with you Rog, there is a gate into a dairy farm just North of the Rangitata bridge wher 66 year old Blocky has been driving a large truck and trailer through for years, gate was still in good condition until "young person climbing up the trucking ladder" had his turn recently, gate is looking rather bruised just now ! Sometimes the ol fellas are the safest bet !

Acknowledge that there will be differing opinions on this. Surely passenger safety is the most paramount consideration. Young people coming up through aviation school need many, many thousands of hours commercial flying on turbo-prop aircraft and then as first officer on an A320 before they're finally given command on an A320. The old cliché "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" for some strange reason springs readily to mind here.

[workingdad]

Congrats on 5000 posts Roger, quite the accomplishment.

Lower oil price predictions might explain why the XAL index has been performing well recently.

Winner, if 2.20 happens today I will be happily surprised haha. At least its stabilised and even with some big selling over the last couple of days holding up. Might have monthly stats out this week which will round off a good year of RPKs and loading factors.

[sb9]

AIR will push into the 220s today

Hope you're right there winner, however at the moment its looks like bit of massaging happening between big boys at around that 215-216 range.

[Raz]

Acknowledge that there will be differing opinions on this. Surely passenger safety is the most paramount consideration. Young people coming up through aviation school need many, many thousands of hours commercial flying on turbo-prop aircraft and then as first officer on an A320 before they're finally given command on an A320. The old cliché "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" for some strange reason springs readily to mind here.

Certainly are, naturally they are also on lower pay rates so I guess that would not be a motivation for AIR :-)

Whats is on my mind today is when would be likely to get wind of the dividend and quantum...thoughts please.

[mikeybycrikey]

Certainly are, naturally they are also on lower pay rates so I guess that would not be a motivation for AIR :-)

Whats is on my mind today is when would be likely to get wind of the dividend and quantum...thoughts please.

Financial Calendar on the Air NZ web site (http://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/inves...ncial-calendar) says annual results will be released on 26 August, so probably about then.

Hmmm, thought it was going to be a little sooner than that.

[Jay]

Read on the Travel section of NZ Herald today that on Air Asia Seat only option means just that! No tea/coffee or even water - pay to use the toilet as well I wonder maybe next, hang on, won't need it, can't drink anything :-)

Not exactly competition, but price is a factor
Speaking of which, wish I had bought some AIR at the 2.02's or there abouts - seems to be holding around 2.15's at present as has been mentioned

[Beagle]

Anyone thinking of flying them or any of the other discount airlines should head over to www.seatguru.com and make sure they fit inside the tiny space envelope they expect you to shoehorn your way into.

[Marilyn Munroe]

Regarding old v young pilots.

A feature of recent airlane fatalities like Air France and Air Asia Indonesia is a lack of flying ability in modern pilots when the super duper, computer contolled, fly by wire flight systems say to the pilot "I havent a clue whats is going on. I am giving up and handing control over to you"

Inexperienced pilots are then making bad decisions and probaly hoping for a big red reset button on the control panel like the in the virtual reality video games they were playing as they grew up.

A pilot who had wind in his face experience in a bug smasher aircraft would instinctively know how to fly by the seat of his pants.

Boop boop de do
Marilyn