Qantas Now.Qantas Then
Ten years ago when Dixon began his tenure Qantas had very few if any E and M issues.Today its a mess.The heavy facility in Sydney has been closed and aircraft are serviced overseas.Before Dixon the service was good if a little conservative.There were enough staff at airports,call centres and onboard.
Perth is a mess.
Brisbane was a mess until someone had the temerity to almost die while waiting to check in.Sir John of Borghetti saddled up and rode into the North.
The service onboard these days is delivered by less crew who are inturn managed by fear and intimidation.Dixon decided that a workforce kept under pressure was more efficient and productive.He was right..in the short term.
In the longer term staff become disengaged and feel undervalued.
There has been a decline in safety,a decline in service and a decline in the numbers of frontline staff.
Qantas has the oldest fleet in S.E Asia and the worst IFE in the world.
Borghetti ventured that is was a stuff up
A once great and proud airline has just about been brought to its knees by an egomaniac who has been allowed to run amok by an insipid board.
Should the shareholders rejoice?No!!
Dixon has also managed to destroy shareholder value
But wait! There are winners.
Executive wealth has ballooned.
Dixon is now the second highest paid airline CEO in the world.
The wrong aircraft and way too many have been ordered for the future.
There is now an enormous economic downturn and forward bookings are soft to say the least.
So Dixon has achieved what?
He has made himself and his ass kissing cronies rich and trashed the Qantas Brand.
Dixon rewarded himself with $12 million bucks for this obscene incompetence.
Scrotum face has little education and a relationship with James Strong that landed him a plum job that he milked for all its worth.
Lets not forget the buyout.
Talk about a grand sense of entitlement.Dixon stood to earn $60mill for selling the airline out.
But hey the demise of Qantas is all the unions fault.
They tightened their belts and took a wage freeze during 911 and SARS.
Dixon didnt even acknowledge their contribution.
Qantas was once a leader...now its a pathetic follower
Last edited by argusmoon; 8th Oct 2008 at 12:56.