And its staff have reaped the rewards of continued employment and promotion.
Can anybody here present data to contradict this. Financial losses. Fleet reductions. Capacity contraction. Employee retrenchments. Anything.
How about a couple hundred from Sydney Heavy Maintenance? A decline in engineers during the same time as an increase in the fleet size. Makes sense.
Not enough pushback drivers at various times of the day, causing delayed departures. Makes sense.
A reduction in checkin staff during the same time that pax numbers are increasing. Makes sense.
One less flight attendant on Dom B737 ops, and reductions in F/As in other fleets, at the same time you wheel out a labour intensive Neil Perry 1st & business class cabin product. Makes sense.
The list goes on... in the name of increased bonuses - oops I mean profits.
There will come a time when this short term outlook will be seen to have killed the goose that laid the golden egg.