Thank you Alan Joyce
For supplying Joe's defence...
From Qrewroom:
"Those statements [from Eakins] we were most concerned about were those that related to the reputation of Jetstar, our pan-Asian strategy, our employment arrangements and other directives around the organisation to ensure the sustained success of Jetstar," Mr Hall said.
"Salaries between Australia and Singapore are comparable. There is no cut to Australian terms and conditions," Mr Hall said.
DAVID HALL, Jetstar Aust & NZ CEO
SMH 26th Nov 2010
If the wages are essentially the same then why did Mr Halls boss say the following, as reported in the same paper 2 months ago:
QANTAS'S chief executive, Alan Joyce, has said its Asian offshoot, Jetstar Asia, needs to pay "Asian rates" to be competitive against low-cost rivals and has accused unions of living in "cloud-cuckoo land".
Mr Joyce told a business lunch in Sydney yesterday that "it was just crazy" to think that it could operate its Singapore-based offshoot, Jetstar Asia, with pilots on Australian conditions because to do so would make it uncompetitive against other low-cost airlines such as Tiger and AirAsia.
ALAN JOYCE, QANTAS CEO
SMH 30th Sept 2010
Thanks Alan, now reinstate this man before this hits the news