Reality rather than jealousy
Twiggs,I assume you are happy with the response to your post about allowances because that is what you get when you talk about money.
Twiggs was not happy about my response to hers but I was being diplomatic and trying not to inflame the jealousy of people like BA any further but she was not satisfied with that and posts that not only was she saying that her taxable amount was not 5% but it was only applicable to 5 % so was in fact much lower in fact she tels all and sundry that most allowances are tax free.Darths propaganda team could not have thought up a better post .I really don't think that Twiggs is a crew member because no crew member would say something like that so obviously we know now that she is in fact a company plant but at the very least it is good to know where we stand.
BA....you are at the very least constant.Your dislike and jealousy of both tech crew and cabin crew is limitless and is very evident in your post.
Quote..."Twiggs, don't let the bullies get to you. Their use of abusive personal e-mails to those who dare disagree with them is just as ign of their cowardice, insecurity and boorishness; most societies cast them away as soon as their abhorrent behaviour is known. Just because one has an alernative view, it doesn't mean that that person is, to quote Wed-whatever- he-calls-himself, "wannabe's, frustrated techies and company stooges."
Well,I am glad that you believe that other people have differing views and the right to air them so I am about to give you mine.
I have not checked all the allowances that BA has divulged but they seem correct but that is as far as the truth in his post goes.YES BA that is what crew get but those allowances are based on the restaurant in the hotels we stay at and if you eat in those hotels then that is EXACTLY what you PAY.
BA,do you think for a moment that Darth would give us anymore money than he has to? Getting an increase out of Darth is like getting blood out of a stone and therefore any allowances we get are no more than what you need to buy meals at the hotels we stay at.
We are not like BA and we cannot bring a little lunch box that mummy has packed for us with vegemite sandwiches wrapped in gladwrap with a fruitjuice from a supermarket.
I also like the part of one of BA's posts where he asked if allowances can be increased then why cannot they be decreased.Obviously BA gets his mummy to do the shopping and pay all his bills because hotels are not like supermarkets and do not have sales on menu prices .Has anyone here heard of hotels lowering their prices of items on the menu? In nearly 30 years I have never seen a hotel drop their restaurant prices so why would allowances decrease.
We ,like any other person sent away from home by their company are paid an allowance because of the nature of travel but then BA would not understand that because he probably gets public transport and leaves his car at home but we cannot not.All public servants get the same if not more allowances as we do and others required to travel overseas do as well but then BA's jealousy blinds him to that little fact.
BA also has not the integrity or honesty to announce were he works but know we know that it is somewhere that he has access to crew information.He also is not honest enough to tell us what his pay is and if he thinks he is not paid too much but then I suppose he believes that he is exceedingly good value for money to Qantas.Your jealousy must be inflamed everytime you see crew sent overseas while you sit in your little cubicle day after day after day.
The other fact is that both Twiggs and BA's interest do not coincide with those of cabin crew generally but that is stating the obvious.
It is also interesting that the usual faaa propaganda and fast response team that are usually very quick to defend the faaa from criticism are not defending crews pay and conditions from the poisonous posts of BA and TWIGGS
Last edited by lowerlobe; 2nd September 2006 at 23:03.