Whiskery couldn't agree more.
What is so unpalatable to some of you about QF with 50-60% and
VB/AN sharing the rest fairly evenly? Wasn't
VB's gaol something like 8% of the domestic market? I would've thought they'd be going spastic at the thought of 20% being handed them on a plate?
Or since AN's demise as a 40% market share holder has corporate greed kicked in and now it's fare wars for all or nothing?
As far as safety is concerned I have very good mates and personal aquaintences high up at each of
VB and QF Link + a few good mates scattered around QF mainline and AN(probably still). These guys are without exception highly experienced and very professional jet pilots.
Some are 89ers some are not, and guess what all those doomsayers of this industry? They don't sit around gnashing their teeth and heaping scorn on each others outfits. Why? Because they too have mates that work at each and probably share beers while their respective children play together on a sunday afternoon!
I'm fairly convinced these days that the individuals like radnav and alpha 41 are just wannabees who think that they will not get their day in the sun making big bucks in shiny jets! They may very well not but it won't be because of the senior and experienced guys and girls who are currently trying to thread their way through the mine field of the aviation industry to some sort of enjoyable retirement!
Guess what kiddies, we have all been there and done that. You think you lot have it hard because you aren't being snapped up into the holy grail of aviation despite your 5 minutes of effort?
You've got 20 years of effort ahead before you can even approach the younger of us! So grow up!!!
If you think it's so damn terrible that guys and girls have spent a few years making relatively big bucks overseas before coming home to the only place on the face of the planet that they call home then risk your own arm and have a go, you may find it's not all beer and scittles after all in the expat world. Still I very much doubt the more vitriolic of you have the courage let alone the experience and skills to make it in the big bad world beyond the Bankstown training area.
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