Originally Posted by
aviation_enthus
Troo believer: your clear bias towards anything non-QF blinds you to the fact, it’s not about QF!!
This is about the thousands of Australians stuck all over the world unable to get a ticket because of government policy. If the policy was good enough and they were capable of running effective quarantine with sufficient numbers, you would get your wish and QF international would be back in the air.
Qantas can’t save everyone. The best options are through the major hub carriers connecting from ports all over world. Having QF fly to these hubs and bring people back on the final leg, is about the only thing that makes sense involving QF.
Otherwise, get off your high horse and acknowledge the fact Australians just want to get home. They don’t care how it’s done, just get it done!
how wrong can one be! The federal and state governments have managed this situation and now emirates have said f$&# you Australia, it’s too hard. And herein lays the problem....the reliance upon foreign entities. The response, to not suggest or use the home grown advantage that Qantas has. What’s the advantage? The crews Aren’t spending the majority of their lives living in covid hotspots. The majority of covid imports have transited Dubai, Doha or crews from the relevant airlines. Yet, the Australian government continues to lump Qantas crews in the same infected bunch when it considers what should happen next.
Qantas also has a fleet that could operate a substantial network to affect the number of Australian citizens to return home. Yet the government prefers not too. It’s a disgrace. When will they put their own country and people first ffs.