Captain Richard de Crespigny AM, the pilot in command of Qantas Flight 32 when an Airbus A380 suffered an uncontrolled engine failure out of Singapore in 2010, joins Jeremy Cordeaux on this week's Court of Public Opinion to give his verdict on the shocking flydubai incident in which one pilot attacked another on the flight deck.

He walks through the chain of luck that saved everyone on board, from the cockpit door being opened to a passenger's headlock and a relief pilot pulling the 737 out of a high-speed dive, questions airline recruitment and screening, explains why the aircraft might never fly again, and talks about his new book on personal, corporate and national resilience.

This interview aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 2 October 2026.

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Jeremy Cordeaux is back in the garage for The Court of Public Opinion as the Reserve Bank lines up a fourth rate rise this year. Unleaded is sitting around $2.40 a litre, diesel is tipped to hit $4 and there is no further excise relief coming. Jeremy says households are paying for policy choices on spending and net zero, and warns of a recession we didn't have to have.

Also on the show: the Prime Minister's “Citizen of the World” award and the cost of the UN trip, AI hacks and calls for a moratorium, the disability housing funds where investors lost tens of millions and no homes were built, a Queensland poll putting Pauline Hanson ahead as preferred PM, the MotoGP and parklands trees in the Federal Court, Don McLean still touring at 81, and what happened on this day in history.

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The complete live stream of The Court of Public Opinion with Jeremy Cordeaux AM, from around the dining room table on Friday 9 October 2026. Dr John Bruni on the 81 lost US warplanes and Russia's shadow war on Europe, Professor David Flint on Pauline Hanson's Swiss style reforms, mediator Jody Fitzgerald on Parliament's knives and feuding neighbours, Geoffrey Watson SC on the High Court and grey corruption, and John Ovenden with tech whiz Melanie Lewis on beating the scammers.

In this show
0:00:00 Jeremy Cordeaux opens the show
0:25:46 Dr John Bruni: The 81 Lost US Warplanes and Russia's Shadow War on Europe
1:01:40 Professor David Flint: Only Pauline Hanson's Swiss-Style Reforms Can Save Australia
1:35:03 Mediator Jody Fitzgerald on Parliament's Knives, Feuding Neighbours and the $100 Goat
2:07:14 Geoffrey Watson SC Fires Back at the High Court Critics and Exposes Grey Corruption
2:36:06 Don't Hit Unsubscribe! John Ovenden and Tech Whiz Melanie Lewis on Beating the Scammers

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This show aired live on The Court of Public Opinion on Friday 9 October 2026.

The Court of Public Opinion with Jeremy Cordeaux AM streams live every Friday from the dining room table at jeremycordeaux.com and via Auscast Radio at auscastnetwork.com. Download the podcast anytime on your favourite podcast app.

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