Originally Posted by
Scooter Rassmussin
you forget to mention most competitors have slave labour and basically can crew an entire A380 for the cost of one QF A380 captain !
ground staff mostly earning around $100 per week.
cabin crew weight limits or if the cabin crew average 30kilod less each times 20 then that’s 600kg of extra payload .
good luck competing with that !
I actually wanted to steer clear of the IR side of things, because it's such a hot topic! But, despite any payroll disadvantage, and a definite fuel burn disadvantage, Qantas International is doing better than most of its competitors and has expanded it's market share ex-Australia over the past few years.
That isn't because Qantas has had a windfall from lower fuel costs. If that was the case, all of its competitors would be rolling in money.
It's because it has managed its revenue other non-fuel costs better, which has allowed it to retain more of the fuel cost benefits than its competitors, and to offset more of the impact of the recent fuel cost increases.