Originally Posted by
MickG0105
JC, but this bloke is dumb as a bag of hammers. Neither Qantas nor Virgin would be putting money into Rex's coffers and buying a seat on a flight to determine the pax load. You just send one of your staff down to the Rex gate ahead of boarding time and count pax once they have dutifully lined up to board. Couldn't be simpler.
Sorry, missed this when I originally posted. Yes, spot on.
All airlines do it at some stage - put an employee near the boarding gate with a hand counter and get some passenger data. But putting QF employees onto a REX flight would be to check out service level standards, food and entertainment quality, things like that. Always good to know what your competitor is up to. It’s not a new tactic.