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Old 3rd Nov 2007, 10:48
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WynSock
 
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QF management assumes WE are a resource. Like fuel, electricity, spare parts etc.
WE have have almost no effect on the profit of the company and WE are a dime a dozen. Keeping aircraft safe, flying and on schedule is only a small part of running an airline whereas...

THEY are irreplaceable, THEY actually generate all the profit, THEY keep the money flowing. THEY have to be paid that much to attract the TALENT, to be competitive with all the other companies who pay their execs those amounts, because they work hard and THEY deserve it, because without them and "without the shareholders, we would be all out of a job."



Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha,

But hey, it's only $128,846.15 per fortnight in the hand,
that bloke from Macq Bank gets heaps more...

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