TurbineDreamer

G'day

This is not a wind up, I am just trying to analyse the current situation of play in the industry. I know many will say you might as well get a crystal ball to predict the aviation industry and where it is going, but doesn't history teach us anything.
The industry works in cycles, ups and downs. I gather it is slowly building momentum again after the down turn of the last three years, but are we headed for more pain again. Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to be negative, just trying to analyse the state of play. God knows I want the industry to do well, we all want to be and stay part of it. I don't want it to boom on the basis of false hope and a false economy, which cannot maintain the capacity which is already out there and which is about to be increased.

I thought the industry is in a stable balance at present, but I fear another airline, even if it is a spin off from Qantas, is another airline and Australia has well and truly proved it can't manage three airlines. And where will the pain lie, that is the hard one to pick, but more pain is on the way, that we can be sure of.

Will it be in Virgin getting done over by Qantas \ Jetstar, will it be Jetstar if Virgin fight back stronger than expected. Will it be Qantas mainline guys, forced out over the next decade to be replaced by Jetstar crew.

What of the regionals, if Virgin continue to expand into smaller markets and start competing against turbo props on short regional routes what of that.

I really do want this industry to remain healthy and stable, but to do this it needs to find a balance. I think that balance is there now, I fear what might occur over the next few years. Much joy and elation, before unwanted grief again.

Capt Claret

TurbineDreamer

Ever was it thus .....

I don't believe that my crystal ball's any better than the next but if I gaze deep enough, I see that for the foreseeable future Virgins are airborne. If JetStar don't go the way of GO and all other LCC that have been owned by a full service airline, they will spell the end of QF domestic mainline as we know it now, QF will eventually be seen as an International Airline, and the industry in Australia will have an oversupply of eager new CPL holders all vying for too few jobs.

Having said that, I offer the advice that those who succeed in aviation in Australia are those who won't give up.

And bugga me but what a great way to make a living!

karrank

Stability

Once that meant two airlines. Any new ones? Suppressed. Either one wants to buy an innovative aircraft? Can't. Tries an new route? The other guys sniffing his @rse. Want to fly? It'll cost ya.

Now we seem to be in a time of violent commercial conflict, but after the fluff, promotional cut-throat stuff it still is going to cost me to fly to Sydney on Friday... There's still plenty of lard in the system.

tenke

Qantas...International Airline...from whence does that ring a bell!!!???