> This is why I probably would never hack it as a pilot - basic nav skills.
>
> When my wife was flying home SIN-MEL with Singapore Airlines she was watching
> their progress on the screen. She said that the flight path took them down Oz
> and across the Bight (South Oz).
>
> I wonder why they would fly this route? Wouldn't it be quicker to fly direct,
> across northern Oz down towards NSW and into Victoria?
>
> And on approach to MEL they were delayed for a few minutes and apparently
> circled Bendigo (north of MEL).
>
> If they came in from the west why would they then be so far north of Melbourne
> Airport?
>
> As I said, I'd never make it as a navigator as they'd obviously have good
> reasons for doing what they did.
>

> This is why I probably would never hack it as a pilot - basic nav
> skills.
>
> When my wife was flying home SIN-MEL with Singapore Airlines she was
> watching their progress on the screen. She said that the flight path
> took them down Oz and across the Bight (South Oz).

> This is why I probably would never hack it as a pilot - basic nav skills.
>
> When my wife was flying home SIN-MEL with Singapore Airlines she was watching
> their progress on the screen. She said that the flight path took them down Oz
> and across the Bight (South Oz).
>
> I wonder why they would fly this route? Wouldn't it be quicker to fly direct,
> across northern Oz down towards NSW and into Victoria?
>
> And on approach to MEL they were delayed for a few minutes and apparently
> circled Bendigo (north of MEL).
>

> Snapper wrote:

>> This is why I probably would never hack it as a pilot - basic nav skills.
>>
>> When my wife was flying home SIN-MEL with Singapore Airlines she was
>> watching
>> their progress on the screen. She said that the flight path took them
>> down Oz
>> and across the Bight (South Oz).
>>
>> I wonder why they would fly this route? Wouldn't it be quicker to fly
>> direct,
>> across northern Oz down towards NSW and into Victoria?
>>
>> And on approach to MEL they were delayed for a few minutes and apparently
>> circled Bendigo (north of MEL).
>>

> Delayed? Or ahead of schedule due tail winds?
>
> My flight Nth West-East across Oz late on Sunday had 120mph+ on the tail. ...

> "Ned" aioe.org> wrote in message news:g7ujms$f9v$1@aioe.org...

>> Snapper wrote:

>>> This is why I probably would never hack it as a pilot - basic nav skills.
>>>
>>> When my wife was flying home SIN-MEL with Singapore Airlines she was
>>> watching
>>> their progress on the screen. She said that the flight path took them
>>> down Oz
>>> and across the Bight (South Oz).
>>>
>>> I wonder why they would fly this route? Wouldn't it be quicker to fly
>>> direct,
>>> across northern Oz down towards NSW and into Victoria?
>>>
>>> And on approach to MEL they were delayed for a few minutes and apparently
>>> circled Bendigo (north of MEL).
>>>

>> Delayed? Or ahead of schedule due tail winds?
>> ...

> "Ned" aioe.org> wrote in message news:g7ujms$f9v$1@aioe.org...

>> Snapper wrote:

>>> This is why I probably would never hack it as a pilot - basic nav skills.
>>>
>>> When my wife was flying home SIN-MEL with Singapore Airlines she was watching
>>> their progress on the screen. She said that the flight path took them down Oz
>>> and across the Bight (South Oz).
>>>
>>> I wonder why they would fly this route? Wouldn't it be quicker to fly direct,
>>> across northern Oz down towards NSW and into Victoria?
>>>
>>> And on approach to MEL they were delayed for a few minutes and apparently
>>> circled Bendigo (north of MEL).
>>>

>> Delayed? Or ahead of schedule due tail winds?
>>
>> My flight Nth West-East across Oz late on Sunday had 120mph+ on the tail.
>>

>>> If they came in from the west why would they then be so far north of Melbourne ...