A bit of trivia for all interested...
Geoff Dixon spoke today at the National Press Club and used the opportunity to raise the prospect of outsourcing more positions to overseas locations and to express his concern about the 49% foreign ownership rule.
He indicated that these issues need to be debated and given consideration to ensure the long term profitability of the airline.
He also indicated that based on current figures an estimated $25M could be saved if a particular staff group were located in a first world country with first world pay & conditions (presumably he's talking about FA's in London).
The media (especially the ABC) has given the concept a bit of a caning mentioning that QF is one of the most profitable airlines and that its the flag carrier for Australia and it already has outsourced approximately 350 jobs to other countries.
The ASU (and presumably the FAAA will also) have come out swinging accusing Dixon of trying to soften up employee's for the next round of EBA negotiations....
I tried to find a transcript on the National Press Club website, but its not up there (yet)....
Anyway, this is stuff everyone pretty much knows, but on the bright side it seemed from the reports I heard that its not very popular with the media outlets.....