DM, and I pose the question to you, how has Jetconnect affected you in Jetstar and why should the Jetstar guys be upset at letting Jetconnect start?? If anything, the Jetconect guys were affected by Jetstar offering to fly, and succeeding in flying the Tasman at a lower cost than Jetconnect, thus potentially putting some of their guys out of work, or for the "lucky" ones who got jobs with Jetstar, had to then pay for their A320 rating! Thats right DM, Australians and KIWI's who once flew for Ansett being put out of work again by an Impulse mentality of Jetstar scragging for every bit of work they can get, and in true TJ style using the threat of not letting you hapless souls fly the Tasman if you didn't roll over your EBA. As Keg said, you guys talk the talk, but thats all you do.
Do not compare Jetconnect with Jetstar, for a start they have been around longer than Jetstar, secondly how have Jetconnect affected mainline to the point where Jetstar guys should be angry at them? They mostly do domestic NZ ops now apart from Tasman ops out of Wellington, the amount of work perceived to have been taken by them is nothing compared to what Jetstar has taken off mainline. Given the equipment Jetconnect operate and the conditions they operate under, you hear nothing but positive reports on Jetconnect, can't say you hear allot of positive reports about Jetstar DM, but hey DM, as you once said about Jetstar.."love the paintjob".
Last edited by Pete Conrad; 4th Feb 2006 at 20:31.