While I agree the cleaning on occasion could be better, do you think Virgin or Jetstar do it any better? Their crew clean the a/c for godsake, on a 20min turnaround! What do you reckon they do? Oh wait, spray spray, air freshener, wipe wipe the seat with a a paper towel... same as everyone else. I think it's something that happens everywhere mate.
I do agree that there is no way we should be losing ANY frontline airport staff. There are not enough as it is! 2 people call in sick on the desks in Sydney, chaos! Arrive in Perth at a peak time, sorry there is no one to operate the aerobridge because we are short. 20min wait on the tarmac thanks.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING????? How about instead of making people redundant, they redeploy them (temporarily) into airport services roles. The ones who really want to be here will deal with it. The ones who aren't cut out for 'real work' will leave.