good flight choice

This was a semi-serious attempt at getting from Canberra to Melbourne cheaply.

Tiger delayed as usual. Qantas cancelled - I didn't expect that. In fact I was going to buy a seat on that flight. But Virgin Blue ended up cheaper.
I got to the airport using the Airliner bus. I was hoping to get off at Brindabella Business Park and save over half the fare but the driver said that due to some territory issues, they were kicked out of there by the local bus company.There were four people on the bus.

My flight, DJ286, departed on time. The seats were comfortable and they give free earphones which aren't required to be returned.
Breakdown of flight:
Measurements taken from TI ez430 Chronos wristwatch and gives an indication of cabin pressurisation.

• 1937 push off from terminal 620m
• 1944 runway rush 580m
• 2014 begin descent 2680m
• 2040 landing gear down 1680m (screen reports 290m)
• 2044 runway rush 129m
• 2050 terminal 150m (screen reports 127m)
• 2054 outside terminal
• 2100 caught 901 bus

The bus driver was quite nice. He advised me not to follow my journey planner which originally suggested changing at Broadmeadows for a train. So I ended up changing at The Pines for a 286 bus. That meant that I didn't go into zone 1 at all, saving a bit of money. The driver of the 286 bus had a masters in accounting. We caught up to the 901 bus again at Blackburn and exchanged greetings. I got home at around 2310.