This is a joke. How can it be cheaper to start up a new brand and separate company than to utilise current resources?
I can understand if QF wants to have a different standard of service (give ‘em a cut lunch) or cabin configuration (300 seats in a 767 has got to help) but where else are the savings coming from?
There will still be the same ‘lounges’ available in the terminals and the FF programs will still run whether these routes contribute to ‘mileage’ or not. The same people will still load the bags, here and overseas, as will the rest of the ground handling staff be the same. Where are the savings?
I have no doubt that the savings will be generated through tech and cabin crew, although this is prove to be a joke. Set up a new brand just to save on crew costs?
Keg, I think that you may be wrong about the company intending to use you guys. Just look at Impulse. How do your 737 drivers feel? QF have got away with it once and they will try and do so again.