Corrected entry: When he's frightened at the airport, Raymond states "Qantas never crashed." Between 1927 and 1951 eight Qantas aircraft crashed and one was shot down by Japanese fighters. A total of 70 people lost their lives. In its modern incarnation Qantas has had a few near misses but no fatalities, but nonetheless Raymond is incorrect, and an idiot savant with perfect recall would not make a mistake like that.
David Mercier
15th Jun 2004
Correction: Perfect recall doesn't mean 100% knowledge of every fact relating to every historical event. Qantas is often referred to as having a 100% safety record (though they never allow this to be used in their advertising - it makes people think they are "due") and doubtless Raymond is familiar with the claim. He isn't familiar with their operations in the forties and fifties, and there is no reason he would be. He can't recall something about which he has not been told in the first place.