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Angle of Attack
Today was OK in SYD, MEL not so much, apparently MEL will have record numbers or pax Monday and Tuesday and I can guarantee it will be a catering and baggage handler cluster. I got away with a 2 hour delay at midday and felt happy, Stockholm Syndrome? Tomorrow I won’t be surprised with a 4-6 hour delay. Aerial yep security have been an issue but to be honest QF have had 2 years to prepare yet they are offering free meditation and Zumba lessons in the office while the core business burns..20’s something MBA’s have been proven over the years to be useless yet they still use them lol! The suits need to leave their little world and get to the airport and interact with pax and help on the front line, the time for bull**** emails has ended, get out there and do something useful !
The MBA rot had started to come in before Ansett was gone. All of a sudden someone with an MBA was OK to employ as an airport manager or senior manager, didn't matter that their only experience prior was Crew Manager at McDonalds, Aisle 10 at Bunnings or handing out samples in the gaming room at Star City Casino.
To be fair, it's all industries AND politicians as well. In the past they had a bit of character and life experience, now they've got an MBA, been a staffer and engineered their pre-selection, having failed at everything else they'd done previously.
For example, it doesn't take a Rhodes Scholar to stop and
think that "I don't know how many aged have died on my watch so MAYBE going to the cricket isn't a good look??"
Back in the day when I started in the industry, Airport Managers and Cabin Crew and Tech Crew management didn't say "spare me the detail", because they actually KNEW the detail because they knew the industry.
Hopefully, it will swing back the other way at some stage. A certain airline across the ditch went through this in the late 80s, early 90s, putting people in management positions who didn't know the first thing about how the airline worked. They went back the other way after a few aeroplanes departed with loading errors and/or things that would have been picked up if the local management knew what they were managing. Goodness knows, they've probably lapsed again the other way.