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Old 15th Jun 2020, 10:37
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Originally Posted by Icarus2001
Given his profile on the West Australian newspaper page, I doubt that is true.
https://thewest.com.au/profile/geoffrey-thomas


Ignore the puffy profile. My understanding is that GT was let go from The West many years back after 7West bankrolled his wesbite with a massive loan, then after several years it was still running at a loss and 7West was in financial trouble so it demanded its money back. GT was somehow able to hoodwink convince some wealthy avgeeks to put up the money to repay 7West. However some arrangement remained in place to have GT write for The West for a small retainer or to supply content for free from AirlineRatings, but he is definitely not on salary, doesn't have a full-time job there. AirlineRatings is also in a mess, a few months ago it let go of all staff except for GT and his wife, both of whom still draw salary from the site as far as I know.
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