A friend of mine whos wife is an FA for QantasLink told me today that they got a letter yesterday saying that Qantas was washing its hands of Qantas Link. No one seems to know much more. Naturally some worried people in the QFlink camp.
I crewed a flight very recently and both the F/A's said nothing. Why would QF wash their hands of such a profitable part of the airline? ( It may not make Billions etc, but it does return of good profit per dollar invested and feeds the mainline operation)
I'm sorry Ozgrade, but surely you jest. I understand this is a 'rumour' network, but a "little" more substance in regard to your friends letter, wouldn't go astray.
Qantas Chair, MJ said on the Sunday program last weekend that Qantas has "NO PLANS TO ALTER ITS CURRENT STRUCTURE OF AUSTRALIAN, AND QANTAS LINK etc."
Qantas Link is an intergral part of the Qantas group, feeding pax to mainline ops, and especially in Sunstates case, run of the mill in QLD.
If you are correct, I will bear my bum in T3 at Sydney on a Friday afternoon.
I'm a QFLink FA and I've never read such a letter.
QFLink is a very profitable part of the QF business, lots of err.. bang for the buck - can't see them ridding themselves of it in any great rush. QF likes to milk that cash cow til she's dry.
I think the letter being talked about is the latest message from Geoff Dixon, outlining the reorganisation of the current structure.
Part of the message reads....
"Qantas will now consist of ten businesses:
*Four flying businesses:- - Qantas Airlines (the main international and domestic) - QantasLink (the regional airline operations) - Australian Airlines (the international leisure carrier) - a domestic low cost carrier
It goes on to say "Each business will have it's own profit and loss statement and balance sheet and be fully accountable for it's performance and contribution to the Qantas Group."
Jerry, yes and no. Lost the baggage makeup work and toilet and water servicing contract for VB, though its only a matter of time till we get it back. We did however get the VB International contract at Sydney.
talk at the airport today is that Impulse will be the LCC, with the White cocatoo as the livery. A/C still to be decided, but intense political lobying in Longbeach to protect the jobs of several thousand workers will see boeing launch the 717-300 and offer it at a price that you cant refuse.
Existing Impulse staff will keep staff travel privalages but all new staff wil NOT recieve any staff travel or access to the QF staff credit union, all ground handling will be contracted out.
"Existing Impulse staff will keep staff travel privalages but all new staff wil NOT recieve any staff travel..."
If QF aren't going to honour ID travel to their own staff, what about interline staff privileges? I would think that would be contrary to IATA resolutions?
Besides, in this era of discount travel, one may be better off to pay a few bucks more for discounted positive space travel, rather than ID75 or ID90 (of the full Y class fare) for subload travel.
I beleive Aero Care lost the DJ ground handling contract in SYD ages ago. DJ haev employed direct employees in Syd for a while now.
There will probably be a change in the make up of DJ and ground handling soon should Patricks get Aero Care like they have hinted. That would see all ports go back to Aero Care.
It will be wierd, a company, employing a contracting company of which they own themselves, and ingenious plan to shaft the staff.
Betcha 717 crews will be flying new domestic operation. Still cheaper to endorse them in-house and then pay them peanuts, than transfer/second current 737 drivers.
Does that mean that the Impule B190 drivers will retain their seniority and be recruited to the 'expanded' operation, or wil they recruit off 'the street'?
Qantas washes its hands of Qantas Link??? 
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