The true meaning of flying economy

July 27, 2026 — 9:00pm“ABC TV 24 News recently ran a story about Qantas adding an additional “20 litre” fuel tank to make the AU-Europe trip in one hop,” notes David Southwell of Pymble. “Not one, but two of the seemingly oblivious presenters read this same story. Ron Burgundy moments, or does Qantas have the most fuel-efficient jet ever? I guess one of the crew has to fill the jerry can with Avgas on the way to work.”Jo Rainbow’s West Berkshire experience (C8) continues: “In Oxford we drove past Toot Hill Butts. I wonder if it is an effluent area.” “My first movie (C8) was a charity screening of Jedda in 1959,” recalls Andrew Cohen of Glebe. “There was a garden party afterwards. I was traumatised, terrified, and I recall several stark images that I can’t exclude even now as to how fearful