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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
24th Jun 2015, 00:34
Replies: 5,414
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Posted By Australopithecus

Keg, I, and I hope all regulars sympathise with...

Keg, I, and I hope all regulars sympathise with your position, and hope that the promotion treadmill restarts again soon, and with vigour.

The reality is though, that no one trusts management....
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
10th Dec 2014, 07:09
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Camelsquadron! How nice to hear from you so soon,...

Camelsquadron! How nice to hear from you so soon, with yet more Joyce pandering. One doesn't encounter too many catamites these days.

If JQ Japan ever returns all of the money yet sunk into it I...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
10th Dec 2014, 03:31
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

...beginning to means the merest glimmer of a...

...beginning to means the merest glimmer of a sign that maybe they realise that Jetstar is not the answer. The recently announced Haneda/ Narita daily double is an example, as are the A330 cabin...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
9th Dec 2014, 11:15
Replies: 5,414
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Posted By Australopithecus

2.5 million shares now worth approximately $8...

2.5 million shares now worth approximately $8 Million owing to an oil glut and an OPEC pissing contest. Oh, and finally, after almost six years, him beginning to reverse some of his idiotic ideas.
...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
28th Nov 2014, 04:19
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

The word on campus (forgive me) is that the 747...

The word on campus (forgive me) is that the 747 will serve Haneda and the (Qantas)A330 will take over Narita. On the other hand they also announced new improved Jetstar connections from Narita while...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
25th Nov 2014, 00:50
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

I ink that Airbus has a current life extension...

I ink that Airbus has a current life extension program on the A320 doubling the life to 120,000 hours. I am pretty sure that the A330 is not similarily robust enough for that, but perhaps they may...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
14th Oct 2014, 10:16
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

And in more good news from Vietnam...

Jetstar loses more in Japan as pressure mounts in Vietnam | Plane Talking (http://blogs.crikey.com.au/planetalking/2014/10/14/jetstar-loses-more-in-japan-as-pressure-mounts-in-vietnam/)
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
14th Oct 2014, 09:27
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Air Asia is re-entering the Japanese LCC space in...

Air Asia is re-entering the Japanese LCC space in a partnership with Japan's largest online retailer. The LCC market is 3% of the total acording to a Reuters article I just read. Everyone seems to be...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
24th Sep 2014, 07:06
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Part 121, the "managers" often denigrated are the...

Part 121, the "managers" often denigrated are the top level executive, not middle or line management. And when the pilots start delivering a long history of failure then management may indeed devote...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
24th Sep 2014, 02:24
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

I have ranted about this before and I shall...

I have ranted about this before and I shall continue to do so despite being personally almost beyond this particular fray. Like the monster above, I will not accept any pay cut from the current crowd...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Sep 2014, 11:23
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

42 days of stand-by on a salary=stand-by credit....

42 days of stand-by on a salary=stand-by credit. Does it not?

Like Keg says, no conditions were created in a vacuum. The company has had 94 years of often dud management and has the cumbersome...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Sep 2014, 09:43
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Bdcer: 737 pilots are all 30% older too!:ugh: ...

Bdcer: 737 pilots are all 30% older too!:ugh:

The pathetically low hours worked are the effect of the transfer of flying to Jetstar and Cobham. IE: They are solely by management design.
...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Sep 2014, 07:06
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

I think that most of us are sophisticated enough...

I think that most of us are sophisticated enough to appreciate that costs extend beyond mere wages. Qantas has made attempts in the past to lessen the administrative burden, but more recently used...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Sep 2014, 02:31
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

A 30% wage delta is huge. On a like for like...

A 30% wage delta is huge. On a like for like basis, in some categories, it may be the case. If so, it is illustrative of excess costs that do exist in some QF job categories.

I am told that the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
22nd Sep 2014, 22:15
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Jetstar cost base advantage myth

Let us all take a step back from the rhetoric and disinformation and look at airline costs in general:

1.Approximately 1/3 of the cost is fuel. Fuel prices are fixed by outside forces, obviously,...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
16th Sep 2014, 09:02
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Keg, I got the same vibe. Maybe not so much about...

Keg, I got the same vibe. Maybe not so much about the aeroplanes, but at least someone is doing something other than trying to scuttle the ship for once.

We had better be careful lest Stockholm...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Sep 2014, 04:04
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Regarding US holidays...

...or North American holidays in general:

The east coast is home to all that is American...its heritage, its architecture, its informing landscape and, not surprisingly, its climate. JFK isn't the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
11th Sep 2014, 16:40
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

That's just unnatural. Almost as long-legged as a...

That's just unnatural. Almost as long-legged as a DC-8-73!
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
11th Sep 2014, 02:41
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

DFW has much better connections. The weather can...

DFW has much better connections. The weather can be horrible in the spring...think tornadoes. I too prefer QF all the way to JFK to limit my exposure to any US domestic carrier.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
9th Sep 2014, 21:11
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Try not to get too excited...

...as Qantas has repeatedly said, it will not get new routes or planes until it makes a profit without them. Its a kind of Zen thing, i guess.

Joyce has ditched many profitable routes in the past...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
9th Sep 2014, 00:16
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Not to put too much emphasis on tea leaves...

...but, I have heard:

1. That they are looking at again (after ensuring that route start-up costs are maximized:ugh:) considering PER-SIN, and indeed the rumour is 738s.

and

2. I note the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Sep 2014, 20:42
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Its not that he's Irish...

...its that he is an Irish joke. Joyce does not have an Irish accent in fact, he has an Irish speech impediment. I lived in Dublin for a year and never heard a Paddy parody done the way Joyce speaks...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
3rd Sep 2014, 19:17
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

...on rhe other hand, I believe that Joyce is a...

...on rhe other hand, I believe that Joyce is a symptom of the disease called Clifford. In criminology it is an article of both faith and astonishment that psycopaths find each other. Since...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Aug 2014, 02:45
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

QED "...............

QED

"...............
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Aug 2014, 02:14
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Boe787... The 787 is not a suitable QF trunk...

Boe787... The 787 is not a suitable QF trunk route long haul aircraft. That means that it is not optimised for the bread and butter routes that Qantas International still seeks to service. The 787...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
26th Aug 2014, 23:57
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Clipped: i remember seeing that and thinking that...

Clipped: i remember seeing that and thinking that they only made one obvious dud fleet choice (777s). But they made several wrong choices about the airline they were being overpaid to manage. They...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
26th Aug 2014, 11:16
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Don't forget that approximately 35% of the...

Don't forget that approximately 35% of the headline number will be one-off redunancy payments which they have ramrodded through to show in this year's results.

The article linked above cites an...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Aug 2014, 04:36
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Sunfish's latest post...

...is a masterpiece of brevity and accuracy.

May I copy it to use as a reply every time I detect a Qantas angel spreading their toxic spew on any forum?
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Aug 2014, 04:34
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Possibilities in order of likelihood : 1....

Possibilities in order of likelihood :

1. Either Japan goes to Jetstar or the 330. There has been no mention of either.

2. South Africa goes away forever.

3. One or two fewer 747s are...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
22nd Aug 2014, 07:29
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

You just posted that because he wrote that he...

You just posted that because he wrote that he would be happy to be corrected. I was going to, but remained mute. ;)
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
19th Aug 2014, 03:04
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

"Think like liberals" I tried that once and...

"Think like liberals"

I tried that once and later had a wet dream about Gina Reinhart. Never again:yuk:
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Aug 2014, 23:22
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

Acute Instinct: my rhetorical question of "who...

Acute Instinct: my rhetorical question of "who cares" is not about passion. I'd wager that every poster on this thread is here out of the same passion for the airline, the job and a naive belief in...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Aug 2014, 20:58
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

I have always been, and remain, in the camp that...

I have always been, and remain, in the camp that believes our woes are the result of a puffed up drunkard chairman and a peewee narcisist CEO whose behaviour has most of the hallmarks of a psycopath....
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
16th Aug 2014, 12:12
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

The Jetstar conundrum...

With the proviso that its after cocktail hour, I think that the non-sale of Jetstar is telling in many ways. Everyone thinks that due dilligence would reveal that JQ is very much a dependant child...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Aug 2014, 22:35
Replies: 5,414
Views: 3,718,410
Posted By Australopithecus

I am not so sure. While a hard-bitten cynic most...

I am not so sure. While a hard-bitten cynic most of the time I believe that now its crunch time for both the board and the executive, and that we shall soon be rid of these damned pretenders.

I...
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