Forget last year’s Boeing 737 Max parking crisis – the current global travel shutdown has made that logistical nightmare look like a hair in a Business Class passenger’s dinner.Thanks to the current pandemic, airlines are now facing the organisational equivalent of a volatile (and influential) first class passenger assaulting a flight attendant because they weren’t served their Macadamia nuts on a plate (true story).Though there are some cargo planes getting more use than they have in a while, we are now facing an unprecedented crisis of out-of-action commercial fleets.CNN Travel painted a picture of this last night, “Earlier this month, a Boeing 747 freighter took off from Lleida-Alguaire Airport in Spain, bound for Chicago and laden with urgent medical supplies. It had arrived at this little out-of-the-way airport, some 150 miles west of Barcelona, a couple of months earlier.”

“Its operator, New York’s Atlas Air, had parked it there due to lack of demand in the cargo sector – until the coronavirus pandemic came along and turned the world on its head.”

“Lleida-Alguaire, and other industrial airports like it, is where airplanes that have been taken out of service wait on remand,” CNN Travel explained. “For some, like that 747, there will come a reprieve. For others, it’s Death Row.”

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Providing a comparison point for the current situation, CNN Travel then explained that Lleida-Alguaire is the airport that currently keeps the largest number of Boeing 737 MAX planes (the ones that were sidelined last year) in storage in Europe. Reason being? It’s not a major hub (big European airports charge more around AU$400 an hour for plane storage).“Considered a white elephant since its inauguration in 2010, the lack of regular commercial traffic (before the current crisis, it was handling couple of regular flights per week, plus the occasional charter) has offered [Lleida-Alguaire] a chance to specialize in a little-known, but essential, segment of the aerospace industry,” reported CNN Travel.

“Two Nordic airlines – Norwegian and Icelandair – have sent their MAX fleets to be stored at Alguaire, a total of 10 shiny new aircraft. Some of them had literally come out of the factory: they just had time to log a couple of revenue flights before being grounded.”

This situation is now set to play out the world over as airlines seek more cost-effective ways to store and maintain their grounded commercial fleets. As Bloomberg reported last week: “More than 16,000 passenger jets are grounded worldwide, according to industry researcher Cirium, as the coronavirus obliterates travel and puts unprecedented strain on airline finances.”

“Finding the right space and conditions for 62% of the world’s planes and keeping them airworthy have suddenly become priorities for 2020.”

Of course not all these aircraft will end up on the chopping block. But the longer the global travel shutdown goes on the more otherwise healthy jets will find themselves more expensive to maintain than to scrap or sell.

“The number of passenger jets in service is the lowest in 26 years,” (Bloomberg).

Beyond renting space for them: “Aircraft can’t simply be dusted back into action,” Bloomberg reports. “They need plenty of work and attention while in storage, from maintenance of hydraulics and flight-control systems to protection against insects and wildlife.”“Then there’s humidity, which can corrode parts and damage interiors. Even when parked on runways, planes are often loaded with fuel to keep them from rocking in the wind and to ensure tanks stay lubricated.”“Nobody thought this magnitude of preservation would need to be done,” Anand Bhaskar, chief executive officer of New Delhi-based Air Works, a plane repair and maintenance company. told Bloomberg. “Parking space is a problem. These are logistics nightmares which we’re trying to work around.”In light of this, airlines are hunting for space everywhere from Australia’s outback to the Mojave Desert in the U.S.What happens when they cost more to maintain and house than to scrap or sell? While that’s not yet happening to the world’s more recently-grounded jets (as it’s only been a month or so since the shutdown took full effect) the aforementioned situation in Europe’s Boeing 737 storing Lleida-Alguaire airport gives us a sneak peek at what could happen elsewhere if the industry doesn’t start flying again.

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“As owners of classic cars know well, engines have to be started every now and then – and the same goes for aircraft after they have remained idle for some time,” Miguel Martín, technical director at Servitec Aircraft Maintenance, the firm that takes care of the MAXes stationed at Lleida-Alguaire, told CNN Travel.

“Not all aircraft need it. It really depends on the program they are on, but, yes, we do start the engines as well and make them run for a while to make sure the moment they are called up to fly again everything works.”

“This is something that not all of Alguaire’s visitors are going to be able to do [though],” CNN Travel reported, “because this airport also serves as an end point for old aircraft that are being retired from service.”

“Many of these aircraft are still perfectly airworthy. What happens is that they have reached the point in their operational lives when it’s no longer economical to invest in their maintenance.”

What happens then? An inventory is compiled of all its parts and spares and the aircraft is then flown to an industrial airport, such as Lleida-Alguaire, where it’s inspected, tested and dismantled. Movable elements (fluids, oils, fire extinguishers, ramps) are stripped, and the re-purposing – carefully – begins.“The engines are usually the most valuable element. After the nacelles are taken away, the engine itself is dismantled whole, leaving the internal mechanisms intact,” CNN Travel explains.“With the engines gone, it’s the turn of the panels, which protect key areas within the aircraft. The structure is laid bare so that technicians can access the planes innermost systems and retrieved those parts that are of interest.”

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“When we switch off the power, it is the official death of the aircraft, there’s no way back,” Servitec’s Miguel Martín told CNN Travel, before revealing that out of an Airbus A330 currently being dismantled, they managed to extract more than 4,600 different parts.Then, as CNN Travel reports, “every item that is taken out of the aircraft is cataloged, cleaned and processed so that the owners of the aircraft can take them wherever they are needed.”Next, if the plane is owned by an airline with a large fleet of the same kind of plane, it might use those spares in-house. But more often they are sold on the aftermarket by companies that specialize in purchasing aircraft nearing the end of their operational lives.They also need to be re-classified as operational, even if they come off their predecessor in mint condition: “In most cases these parts can’t go straight into another plane, because the moment they’re struck off the aircraft they become technically unserviceable… They must be transferred to an approved repair shop to undergo recertification,” (CNN Travel).Making this process even more complicated (and crucial) is that, even if serially produced, plane components are not always identical, as some have been customized at the request of operators – and manufacturers often introduce small modifications too – which is why every single part should be individually identifiable and possess an impeccable paper trail.

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Once the airframe has been stripped of every valuable item, it’s cut for scrap. Let’s hope the current health crisis ends as quickly as possible and this fate doesn’t befall too many otherwise healthy aircraft.

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It seems there is quite literally nothing that can happen in this world without a new dating trend being spurted out. We’ve already seen one come out of the current pandemic: ‘co-vating’, which we take pride in coining ourselves here at DMARGE.But while that refers to how singletons are having to adapt to a new way of meeting someone virtually during lockdown, the latest trend known as ‘zumping’, refers to how people can get out of their relationship via the same virtual method.The term was coined by The Guardian (via news.com.au), in response to a tweet posted by freelancer journalist Julia Moser. Moser sent out a tweet asking, “Am I the first person to be dumped via Zoom?”. Zoom + dumping = ‘zumping’. The tweet has garnered 63,000 likes at the time of writing, and while we couldn’t find any replies from users claiming that they too know Julia’s pain, a fair few detail their experiences of being dumped or divorced via other online platforms.

am i the first person who’s been dumped via zoom?

— Julia Moser (@juliamoserrrr) April 9, 2020

While we may refer to this new trend as ‘irresistible’ in our headline, it’s with good reason. For many, the idea of breaking up with someone can be extremely daunting. You know you’re probably going to break their heart, or at the very least, lose their friendship and be on the receiving end of several expletives from the woman in question – and subsequently her friends after she tells them.So cutting ties via message, or in this case, a face to face video call is therefore seen as the easier way out. Julia does give the calamitous Casanova some credit in a follow-up article on Buzzfeed, saying that even though she didn’t expect to be broken up with, she could at least admire the fact he had the decency to do it face-to-face, rather than just by way of a message. A fact backed up by some other replies to Julia’s tweet.“He didn’t ghost me, or gaslight me and tell me everything was fine when I could feel him pulling away.”

“He was honest and forthright, it was an incredibly decent thing for him to do, and I am miserable. There is no easy way around it.”

To give him further credit, we’re meant to be staying inside as much as possible, so heading over to her house to do the dumping wouldn’t have been seen as “essential” travel in the eyes of the law.So if you’ve found yourself virtually tied down to someone new during quarantine, but can’t see it going the distance, zumping may be the best of a bad bunch when it comes to bringing things to an end.

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There may be a fair few of you out there who think that now we’re in lockdown, you can catch up on sleep you would have been missing out on during your regular routined lives. Others may be thinking “I can’t think of anything to do today, so I’m just going to sleep”, and I (perhaps cynically) think that some people say they’re going to sleep or not move from their beds, because they think it’s ‘cool’.Whatever the case, there can be such a thing as “too much sleep” and now with extra time on our hands and a greater desire to not do anything but remain firmly under the covers, it could in fact have a negative effect on our health. Conversely, getting the “right” amount of sleep can have a positive effect. You may even have already noticed a difference in your sleeping pattern since being placed in lockdown.Don’t believe us? We spoke to sleep psychologist Rosemary Clancy, to find out just how much of an effect the isolation period can have on our health.We went straight in with the questions by asking if too much sleep could be a bad thing. Rose confirmed that it can (potentially be a very bad thing), and referenced neuroscientist Matthew Walker who “talks of a ‘tick’-shaped graph that compares short and long-sleep duration compared to increased risk of all-cause mortality.”

“Researchers have drawn from this finding that approximately 7-9 hours of sleep is the optimal sleep duration associated with lesser all-cause mortality risk. Note that over 10 hours per night is particularly associated with increased risk of mortality.”

And with regards to those who want to just spend all day in bed instead of getting up and outside for some exercise or to just engage in general activity around the home, Rose adds, “Because daytime exercise and activity actually help sleep, inactivity during isolation may lead to disrupted sleep.”“Just 14-16 hours of wakefulness per day will create substantial sleep pressure – or homeostatic drive – which will promote slow-wave (deep) sleep within 40 minutes of sleep onset.”

“Slow-wave sleep is particularly related to how long you’ve spent awake during the day. if you nap for over one hour for example during the day, homeostatic sleep pressure will be dissipated, and you will need more hours in order to rebuild sufficient sleep pressure. You will probably experience later sleep onset as a result.”

It’s fair to assume that most of us will be spending more time glued to our phones and laptops as well. There are virtual dates to be had and people to stay in touch with via social media, after all. But, you might want to think about putting Tinder or TikTok down for a few hours, if you want to reap the benefits during the night.

“In addition, if people spend many hours during the day and evening on electronic devices, the blue wavelength of light emanating from these devices may suppress the melatonin sleep hormone. This may mean sleep onset is later, and sleep duration may be reduced.”

So how does too much, too little, or even just the right amount of sleep affect the overall health of our bodies? Rose says, “those who are sleep deprived generally experience a range of negative physiological and psychological effects.”“The list is long: immunological, cognitive, attentional, motivational, mood, emotion problems. Cancer, heart attacks, a shortened lifespan. Depression, anxiety, mania & hypomania and a greater risk of MVAs (Motor Vehicle Accidents).From this, we can determine that there is definitely such a thing as too little sleep, but at the same time, too much can have a damaging impact too. Ideally, you want to come out from under the covers for a few more hours each day and your body will most definitely thank you.

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Forget non-social distancing runners and crumbling airlines; there are a bunch of never-to-be-repeated shots of Sydney’s beaches you need to see ASAP.That’s thanks to photographer and founder of Salty Wings, Jampal Williamson, who has captured Sydney’s most iconic and popular eastern suburb beaches like you’ve never seen them before – completely empty.With Australian residents staying at home (and with beachgoing, up until yesterday, being banned in all of the Eastern suburbs) a truly once in a lifetime moment has been captured in a collection of jaw-slackening photos.As Jampal puts it, “I wanted to capture Sydney’s iconic beaches in their natural, untouched state. The result revealed a collection of eerily beautiful stills. A moment in time most of us will never forget. It was incredible to see these deserted beaches in an isolation all of their own when they would otherwise be absolutely packed to the rafters.”Providing a uniquely Australian view into these unprecedented times, the collection contrasts stark ‘before and after’ self-isolation images.The collection shows some of Australia’s most iconic beaches – which are capable of drawing crowds like flies on any given day – in their most natural and surreal state.Captured in early April from a helicopter, the beaches captured in the shoot include Bondi Beach…Bondi before…

… Bronte Beach…

Clovelly Beach, Tamarama Beach, Coogee Beach, Gordons Bay, Manly Beach, Maroubra Beach and – of course – the ever resplendent Bondi Icebergs (which can be found at the south end of Bondi Beach, and which has been emptied of water).

Photographer Jampal hopes his shots capture a positive aspect of the current situation in Australia and showcase Sydney’s incredible natural beauty. Having spent the start of 2020 travelling across Australia to photograph the Eastern coastline, Jampal made the decision to self-isolate in New South Wales after his home state of Western Australia announced it was closing its state border.Improvisation for the win.In any case, a selection of the photos are now available to order as prints on the Salty Wings (a website/ company Jampal runs with biz pal and mate Michael Goetze) with more images from the shoot scheduled to be made available in the coming week.Making a name for themselves in their first two years (the duo started Salty Wings in 2016), they sent their drones on a 20,000km journey along the coast of Western Australia, capturing its expansive, breathtaking, earthliness in high resolution. With an extensive knowledge of the Western Australian coastline, both Jampal and Michael are fascinated with remote and unique landscapes.Salty Wings have since expanded their horizons by continuing their travels to all corners of Australia. They are on a mission to create a gallery that all Australians can be proud of – something we can all draw inspiration from right now.

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We’re all constantly being told what to do to avoid – or at least minimise our chances of – contracting coronavirus. Fortunately, the transmission rate in Australia is slowing down, but the same can’t be said for other countries around the world.

One aspect of daily life that has taken the brunt of the pandemic is exercise and fitness. Gyms and studios have had to close their doors, forcing us all to rely on conjuring up enough motivation (not to mention commitment) to work out at home. There will of course, however, be people out there who contract the virus, meaning their fitness has to take a back seat until they make a full recovery.

But what effect does it have on your fitness and how do you get back up on your feet once you’ve recovered? We spoke to Travis Wade, a friend of DMARGE, to get his first-person account of living with corona and how it affected his fitness.

Firstly, Travis tells us he was fortunate to only exhibit mild symptoms after he contracted the virus. “It didn’t attack my lungs, as you’d hope. But I noticed the lethargicness that comes with it.”

He did, however, make a quick recovery “of about eight days before I was signed off by the health department as asymptomatic, and I was signed off as recovered around six weeks ago.”

When it came to exercising post-recovery, Travis adds, “The main thing for me, even with a mild case, was how tight it was across my chest and lung whenever I took a really deep breath.”

“It was the thing I noticed the most when I started to exercise again. I went skiing at Mount Bora in Victoria about a week after finishing the eight-day recovery period. The air was obviously thinner, and in hindsight, it probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do just a week later.”

“I definitely didn’t feel 100 per cent fitness-wise. It took a good two weeks until I felt back to my best again.”

“Pushing myself aerobically too soon after felt challenging. I couldn’t get my heart rate up, or get back to a recovery state when resting as easily as before.”

“Compare that to a normal cold, where once you’ve blown your nose a few times, for example, you feel good to keep going. It didn’t feel like that. It was good to be exercising again, but the recovery period was a lot slower than what I’ve experienced before.”

“After that two week recovery period, I was back to cycling again and felt more or less 100 per cent.”

Ben Lucas, director of Flow Athletic adds from a professional standpoint, “With any virus, illness or setback, the severity can be different depending on the individual. However no matter how hard you get knocked down, sometimes it can be a struggle to get back into gear when it comes to your fitness.”

Ben then gave us some top tips to help get you back on the right path.

• Firsts things first, if you have a virus, workout at home or somewhere quiet until you are 100% sure it has gone
• If you were struck down badly, start getting back into your fitness slowly or you will risk burning yourself out. I would suggest starting with low to moderate-intensity exercise such as walking, jump rope (but not at high-intensity), 10 push-ups, 10 sit-ups and see how you go
• You may still feel weak for up to a week, but don’t be too hard on yourself, you need to build yourself back up to your full strength. Listen to your body
• Once you feel ready again, consider signing up to a group session, go for a run and start doing some more vigorous training

He continues, “it’s a mind over matter thing. Often we don’t feel motivated to start again after getting sick because we are not at the physical strength that we were before getting sick”,

“But the sooner you start building your strength and fitness up again the better. Again, don’t go too hard too soon, that may lead to a greater setback.”

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The global pandemic has had a dramatic effect on relationships, and one that we won’t see again for a (hopefully) very long time. We’re talking about all relationships with that sentence too, as couples will now be finding themselves spending several hours more each day with their significant other, a situation which can occasionally lead to stress and arguments.

But this piece focuses on the single people out there. Sure, couples may find that lockdown brings with it new challenges, but at least they have other each other battle them with, right? All is not lost however for those without a partner, as the lockdown period could be just the thing you need to find that special someone.

Without the ability to head out to bars and clubs to try your hand at picking up once you’ve locked eyes with someone across the room, you’ll probably spend a few hours each day swiping through the various dating apps. The apps know that self-isolation poses several obstacles for our dating lives, and so have introduced new features to make things fun and interesting.

These include opening up the search area, so you can connect people with all over the world, even if it’s just for friendships (for now, at least), and being able to let each other know if and when you want to take things to the next level and engage in a video date. We’ve already reported on how virtual dates can prove successful for some, so there’s no reason to suggest otherwise for you.

And although we don’t have official data to support this claim, it’s logical to assume there will be a greater number of people in your area, since nobody can be moving around, heading off to places of work or jetting off on holidays. Although, according to Mother Jones, both Bumble and Tinder have seen a significant increase in usage: Bumble a 21 per cent increase in messages being sent in the US, while Tinder noticed a jump of 10-15 per cent in messages being sent during a week in mid-March, compared to the week before.

It could therefore transpire that ‘The One’ could have been on your doorstep this entire time.

As Sydney-based sexologist and relationship expert, Dr Nikki Goldstein has previously said,

“[The lockdown] will force us to be creative and to really explore the connections with people during this time of possible physical isolation.”

Heidi Gee, another Sydney-based relationship expert has weighed in on the argument too.

She says that with the current isolation measures, “people are going to be looking for some kind of connection or distraction. With more time on their hands, some people are making more time for ‘meeting’ and matching with people on dating apps.

When asked if people may now be reassessing what they want from a relationship because a quick hook-up is off the cards, Heidi says, “this could be the case. Some people are finding it hard to open with the current situation and really ‘need’ a connection.”

“They could also be looking at dating differently such as, let’s chat and get to know each other until we can actually meet.”

“I have heard of some people wanting to meet up and not considering the current restrictions in place, I do not encourage this, safety first!”

If you’ve constantly put off looking for someone because ‘life’ gets in the way, this is now the perfect time to focus on relationships, get out there (figuratively, not literally) and search for that special someone.

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“I’ve simply got to lose weight”, “I don’t like what I’m seeing on the scales”, “Starting tomorrow, my weight loss diet begins”. These are phrases we’ve probably all muttered at some point. But there’s a good chance we’re a little oblivious to the fact that it’s not weight we want to lose, but fat.

It’s logical to assume the two come hand in hand, and in a sense they do, but there’s a crucial difference that fitness coach James Kew has addressed in his latest Instagram post. It’s certainly opened up the eyes of this writer.

 

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James says a typical diet you put yourself through to help aid weight loss is all well and good, “but a lot of the weight you lose will be muscle, and the end result will be that you look ‘skinny fat’.”

What does a typical weight loss program look like? James’ Instagram post says that if we only have a low intake of protein, engage solely in cardio training (running, cycling, rowing) and don’t include any weight training and put ourselves through the aforementioned crash diet, then it’s realistic to lose weight.

But as he points out, you’ll end up dropping muscle mass at the same time, not ideal if it’s shredded abs you’re after.

“To lose FAT, rather than weight, the key is to focus on muscle growth/retention whilst using a moderate calorie deficit.”

But what can you do to help lose fat, rather than weight? “Weight training and sufficient protein are key”, according to James. However, in conjunction with having a high intake of protein, you also need to put your body through a calorie deficit, whereby you consume fewer calories than the amount your burn through physical activity.

A calorie deficit is different from a crash diet, as you need to calculate the optimum number of calories you need to consume, relative to the number of calories you burn on average each through a combination of physical exercise and rest. Most health and fitness professionals will recommend a maximum calorie deficit of 500, but anywhere between 300 – 500 is seen as an optimum amount to aid with fat loss.

As fitness coach Graeme Tomlinson has previously said,  “When an individual embarks on fat loss, one must enjoy their energy consumption, be aware of energy intake in relation to their energy output, and consistently ensure that they are in a state of caloric deficit,”

“To ensure progress, one may have to change and adjust their dietary habits. But instead of completely radicalising the diet, adherence to change may be more likely if one makes subtle changes over time. For example: consuming the same volume of lower calorie foods and drinks that replicate higher the calorie versions in my experience.”

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The global pandemic is having a chaotic effect on businesses around the world, forcing many of them to shut down and weather the contagious storm, and hopefully come out the other side without too much of a dent in their finances.

The closure of these businesses allows photographers to take images you have to see to believe, such as these shots of the Porsche factory in Germany (the source article doesn’t reveal whether they’re of the factory in Zuffenhausen or Leipzig). Both factories were closed on Saturday 21st March, 2020, initially for a period of two weeks, but since the situation hasn’t improved too much in Europe, the doors have remained firmly shut.

Not only is it rare for many of us to catch a glimpse of the beating heart of the sports car manufacturer, but even its employees will surely attest to never seeing it as empty as it is right now. With production at a standstill, the cars that were well on their way to being built for their respective customers have been covered up with plastic sheeting, awaiting the day the machines can be started up again. Even without standing on the factory floor ourselves, the images certainly give off an eerie vibe.

That’s not to say the situation at Porsche is a bad one. Far from it. Speaking on the company’s own blog, CEO Oliver Blume says Porsche is now producing PPE equipment for those who need it in Germany first, and the rest of the world second.

He also reveals people are still placing orders for new cars, especially in China – where the situation is slowly but surely moving back to ‘normal’ – and that they’re in a strong financial position to allow them to get through the next few months without taking too much of a setback.

Their financial position will certainly be boosted by the announcement of a strong first quarter in 2020, with 53,125 deliveries. A small decrease of 5 per cent in the same period in 2019, but considering the coronavirus outbreak, it’s positive news.

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