VIRGIN fleet review
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The 'Bowen Hills bubble' is the most suffocating, inefficient, bureaucratic place in the known universe. Meeting after meeting, when the only thing that is decided was when to have another meeting. Very serious siloing across departments. Organisations that function in this way will decline and slowly die - they have no resilience and minimal capacity for change. No will know until right at the end as one thing the village people are good at is keeping bad news hidden and putting a positive spin on everything. In the meantime Nero fiddles while Rome burns.. BTW, where is Nero, haven't seem him at the village for a while...
If only the feckin fecker could run a feckin airline, to be sure, to be sure.......
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Bonegi1 can you provide a HEADS-UP when JB is going back to Qantas pls
Surely they must be paying him some sort of bonus for the amazing job he is doing for them.
Awarded an OAM for his contribution to aviation?!? Must have been for his contribution to QANTAS aviation!
3 times a week to AUH was barely a token effort anyway.
It's not a good look but it makes sense to keep the frames for daily HKG. Perhaps someone should have mentioned that before they published the press release...
It's not a good look but it makes sense to keep the frames for daily HKG. Perhaps someone should have mentioned that before they published the press release...
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Aerial Perspective, you should be running the show , you are so sharp, so bright .
Why are you just an also ran posting on Pprune , get your Cv in for the job. I am sure Sir Richard will welcome you with open arms.
Why are you just an also ran posting on Pprune , get your Cv in for the job. I am sure Sir Richard will welcome you with open arms.
Looks like we find out the ATR fate on the 15th, posssibly all the 500s definitely going and the BNE ATR base to close shop is the rumour around the crew rooms.
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All 500s gone. Only 6 600s to stay and only in NSW/VIC/ACT.
The only airline in the world that can't make money with ATRs
But don't worry-
"This decision to move to one ATR type will have an impact on Virgin Australia's Regional Queensland flying, however we are currently investigating a number of options to limit this impact, and these will be shared in due course."
Who wants to guess what that means??
Move to Sydney and fly one of the six remaining ATRs?
Or get trained up on the 737.
Hmmm.
With FIFO well and truly wound down in QLD I'm not surprised there's not as much regional flying. But you have to wonder what VA's plan is as they seem to have been caught with their pants down.
Decent fleet of 737s for the bread and butter but with an expensive collection of other types, too few of each for any serious attempt at a route strategy. Not enough 777s for daily US from the golden triangle. Not enough A330s for daily transcontinental and Asia. Embraer fleet too small to achieve economy of scale in Australia or just badly managed?
If I were a shareholder I would be feeling uncomfortable with the apparent lack of direction.
Or get trained up on the 737.
Hmmm.
With FIFO well and truly wound down in QLD I'm not surprised there's not as much regional flying. But you have to wonder what VA's plan is as they seem to have been caught with their pants down.
Decent fleet of 737s for the bread and butter but with an expensive collection of other types, too few of each for any serious attempt at a route strategy. Not enough 777s for daily US from the golden triangle. Not enough A330s for daily transcontinental and Asia. Embraer fleet too small to achieve economy of scale in Australia or just badly managed?
If I were a shareholder I would be feeling uncomfortable with the apparent lack of direction.
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Embraer fleet too small to achieve economy of scale in Australia or just badly managed?
Yes, it would be nice for someone to actually say,
"due to inneffective CEO and dysfunctionally paralysed board, we are clueless as to what direction the company is headed. As a result we will continue to change the aircraft/fleet mix as well as add and remove new routes, in an attempt to create the illusion of progress under the banner of difficult market conditions and sluggish Australian economy in an attempt to meet dubious KPI's in order to achieve our Short and Long Term Incentives".
"due to inneffective CEO and dysfunctionally paralysed board, we are clueless as to what direction the company is headed. As a result we will continue to change the aircraft/fleet mix as well as add and remove new routes, in an attempt to create the illusion of progress under the banner of difficult market conditions and sluggish Australian economy in an attempt to meet dubious KPI's in order to achieve our Short and Long Term Incentives".
I wonder what "re location package" the company is proposing to the BN ATR crew. I give it to July 18th Alliance will be doing these "unsustainable routes" on a wet lease off VA as ther will be no ATRs operating out of BNE.
"Why arent VARA operating F70s and more F100s?'
Because MM is too concerned with creating jigsaw puzzles out of motivational paintings rather than negotiating a proper deal with a company that used to be a competitor.
Because MM is too concerned with creating jigsaw puzzles out of motivational paintings rather than negotiating a proper deal with a company that used to be a competitor.
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No Alliance won't be. Unable under the VARA 2015 EBA clause contained within.
Why the fudge VARA aren't flying some Alliance F70's (under their little bed sharing arrangement) is beyond me.
When is the 737 review coming at VAA? Surely 100 frames is unsustainable
The following aircraft have had reviews in the past few years:
B777
F50 (retired)
A320 (VARA)
E190
ATR72
And SHVC, on a positive side the last relocation package I was involved in was more than generous. Well over $15,000, 2 cars from memory, 2 weeks accommodation for the whole fam, flights galore, car hire etc. It was more than generous. Hopefully, though the distances will be a lot less for those displaced (not one side of the country to the other), it will still be generous under the circumstances
Why the fudge VARA aren't flying some Alliance F70's (under their little bed sharing arrangement) is beyond me.
When is the 737 review coming at VAA? Surely 100 frames is unsustainable
The following aircraft have had reviews in the past few years:
B777
F50 (retired)
A320 (VARA)
E190
ATR72
And SHVC, on a positive side the last relocation package I was involved in was more than generous. Well over $15,000, 2 cars from memory, 2 weeks accommodation for the whole fam, flights galore, car hire etc. It was more than generous. Hopefully, though the distances will be a lot less for those displaced (not one side of the country to the other), it will still be generous under the circumstances
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Moranbah. A quick way to lose even more money on a route by sending an F100 there. Reality is that if VA doesn't fly them at all the clause doesn't mean much I expect. Or are Vara crew expecting to be paid something or compensated if they don't?