FRom DitzyBoy......Though I am sure it will be managed to some extent by crew in making up for management's lack of thought and direction - no different to most QF flights, hey?!
and this...
The gap between Jetstar and QF is narrowing at an alarming rate lately.
Your right on your first point,crew have always had to improvise for a multitude of problems but.......
If you have had a QF Y/C flight to BKK and then look at a J* Long Haul flight to the same and you will see a huge difference even if J* are moving into the new millenium with allocated seating.
This is all well if you are pushing a LCC but the cost difference between QF and published normal Scrooge Air services are not that much and in some cases more expensive with GD's idea of affordable travel mark IV.
In other words Geoffs idea of Low Cost Carrier is not that it is cheap for the punters but cheap for him to provide