I will tread cautiously about what I say in regards to the Media, as my last media coments were removed.Obviosuly false and ficticious stories printed by the media are accepatable, but my references and comparisons of media to 'brown matter' have been deemed unaccepatble,even though the majority of what Journo`s write is the colour of 'brown'.
But in response to
Bolto_79's comment :
All airlines have their issues. But Qantas just seams to cop it from the media day in and day out. My question is, why don't DJ issues end up in the media? Like a air return back to SYD yesterday with a mech issue?
The reason QF gets so much attention over DJ is simple.
* QF has been in existance for around 90 years,compared to DJ's mere 10 years.
* QF has a proud history of servicing Australia,and is a part of Australian history,a pioneer.Whereas DJ is part of Branson's legacy and has always ridden on the coat tails of others which hardly rates in comparison.
* QF
HAD a reputation built upon excellence,service and safety.Most who flew with QF in its prime,or worked for QF when money was spent on safety,service and excellence would agree.The honest truth is that DJ has never built for itself a reputation that would come even close to matching QF
in its prime.That is why DJ flies under the radar while QF receives the negative spotlight.Sure,some will argue that
today DJ offers an alternative to flying QF,but that is the fault of greedy mismanaged pathetic QF mangement at the top and middle layers in the past 7 years or there abouts,not because DJ is a half decent carrier.
Sadly QF has its senior people to blame for the negative publicity.It is one of the most monumental and famous losses of all time,to see an airline who profited by simply providing an absolutely world class safe service decline to an airline scrambling weekly to uphold and maintain it's former standards that made it without doubt the safest airline in the world.
And no,I am not bagging out QF on this thread.Sadly the present day facts speak for themselves.Its just a shame that the media don't listen to the frontline people who are trying to hold the place together.The media spotlight should focus on the poor legacy of managers and leaders at QF. And I am not talking about profits,which were managed quite well,I am talking about the morale,service,faults,safety decline and mismanagement of resources and skills and outsourcing and downsizing that has taken the worlds most reputable airline down to a level comparable with second rate carriers operating in third world countries.