Flying Tiger, you ask "
does anyone have a suggestion as to what Dixon should be earning".
May I ask you why you believe Dixon is justified in drawing a salary that is
100 TIMES, yes
100 TIMES, that of the average QANTAS employee, whilst attempting to further degrade those employees' T & C's, or to replace them altogether with cheaper overseas labour.
Now "replace" is a far kinder word than the harsh reality of this ruthless CEO's intents.
If we believe the Flying Tigers, it is quite acceptable to them, as Australians, to have other Australians (they never think of themselves as being among the affected ones) thrown on to the unemployment scrap heap, leaving them and their families dependant upon Social Welfare.
All to allow Geoff to continue to drain a totally unrealistic, multi-million dollar income.
you have the courage to make the hard decisions BEFORE the red ink starts flowing.
The "hard decisions" you cite, Flying Tiger, have been hard on on the rank and file staff.
They have not affected - to anywhere near the same degree - the bloated middle and upper level management.
Biscuit Chucker's post demonstrates how Dixon's knife wielding of staff levels of F/A's is
adversely affecting the ability of the reduced staff numbers, to achieve their work to their
own level of satisfaction, and that this is (adversely) affecting their morale.
The non acceptance of overtime by QF lames, is another manifestation of acute understaffing created by Dixon.
The so-called "hard decisions" (to slash away at employee numbers), are not the sort that require any great management expertise.
Using the same basal technique, the next step would be to replace existing staff with a slightly increased number of lower paid coolies - raising the profit margins for another year, to maintain that healthy CEO bonus - followed by a decrease in coolie numbers in the ensuing years.
There is a great deal of dis-satisfaction with QANTAS from within and outside the organisation, and I believe this dis-satisfaction can only increase further under this style of selfish management.
The type of management that exists only for the sake of feathering its own nest, possibly because the remuneration is TOO high, such that the drive to achieve PERSONAL gain outweighs sensible management decisions made for the longer term benefit and survival of the COMPANY.
The fight for QANTAS' survival in the coming years are not going to be caused by staff inefficiences, but from the bad management decisions being made NOW.
Decisions based on bonuses rather than future company health.
Eimar Moron.