My god you're all wasting your breath;
1) Jetstar will be crewed by Mainline. Full stop.
2) Jetstar will never go beyond 23 airframes.
3) Jetstar International will be a dismal failure.
4) Qantas is absorbing the costs of the abject mistake that was Jetstar.
5) Jetstar's Trans-Tasman loads are dismal - the route will close.
6) Jetstar's Japan loads are dismal - the routes will close.
7) Qantas upper-management is losing interest in Jetstar.
Seven consistent arguments made by many contributors over the last 4 years. All of them have either proved to be completely ill-informed dummy-spitting by those out-of-the-know who like to pretend that they're in it (1-3 & 5), or wanton speculation by those who would prefer such an outcome but can't actually support their opinions with facts (6 & 7).
In the case of point (4), of course Qantas is absorbing some of Jetstar's costs! It owns the bloody airline! It's as much an investment as it is a venture! Why wouldn't it help to support it? As for being an abject failure, perhaps the following quote will address that bit of conjecture. In fact, it should pretty well address all the other assertions as well;
" 68 A320/A321 aircraft, plus 40 options and purchase rights".
Not gloating. Just facts. In addition to the 31 B737-800 (plus 49 options) ordered for mainline (not to mention the B787, A330 & A380 orders), why don't we start looking at the glass as being half-full for a change and stop this insistent bleating about how the sky is falling in because it's taken on a lighter shade of orange?
You're pilots, not executives. If you really want to run the show go and get an MBA and run to Coward Street (or Bourke Street - up to you) at full-speed.
