If only the media and aviation experts would get off their collective arses and start asking some serious questions of the Board and Executive Management. C'mon Australian Aviation, Steve Creedy, Ian Thomas etc. the serious questions about the ability of Qantas' Executive management and Board remain not only unanswered but
unasked.
What about the following?
1. Is it true that Jetstar will now be flying to Honolulu out of Sydney and can choose the days that they want to operate and QF must fit in around them? If a high yield day is the weekend, Jetstar can operate those days if they wish and QF must not. Is this not a form of protectionism?
2. Is it true that QF wanted to increase capacity to Christchurch but Jetstar complained that QF would be taking passengers off them? Did Alan Joyce have a bit of a hissy fit at the thought of having to compete with QF and losing load share to the QF product?
3. The $64,000 question.
(a) What is the agenda at QF?
(b) If all new hires have been approved by Executive Management over the past few years, how did they get it so wrong and hire 1,000 too many?
(c) Who is ultimately responsible?
(d) Who is also responsible for the Jetstar Asia debacle?
(e) Why should the employees suffer for the stuff ups of the CEO and his "advisors"?
4. Is it time for Geoff Dixon to step aside as the CEO of Qantas? Is he so disliked by his own workforce that he is no longer a positive force to have around? Does he feel the same animosity towards his own employees?
5. Do you perpetuate the "Group Think" and appoint an internal candidate or do you start to really change the environment and head hunt one of the many suitably qualified CEO's from around the world. Is it time for a cultural change starting at the top?
6. What steps have the Board and Senior Executives taken personally to lead by example in these tough times? Has there been a paring back of conditions of employment in a true show of leadership by example, or do they just pat themselves on the back for the good job they are doing in destroying other people’s lives?
7. Can't let this one go.
(a) What value does Ian Oldmeadow and Oldmeadow Consulting bring to Qantas,
(b) How much have they been paid for their services since they commenced with the Organization, and
(c) To what degree are the actions of this contractor responsible for the low level of "employee engagement" as displayed by the Hewitt Survey?
There you go serious journalists. Some serious questions for you to ask of those in charge of the good ship QF. From route protection to employee shafting you can cover the whole field. Look forward to reading the answers although we probably already see the smoke coming up the screen.
