Dark Knight - OK so now Alan the outsourcing king can blame the Unions and Julia ....
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...but lets not sidetrack the thread - this is all about deliberate and planned actions that started with Q seeking its capacity approvals to be shared with JQ, then with the JQ offshore franchises.
The scrutiny has to be placed on the CEO who yesterday morning spruiked the rise in pax numbers and yields and then went on to tell ABC Online this morning that he intends to slash 3% off QF international capacity and more off domestic. He must be the only CEO in the world that wants to cut capacity growth!
Just to be balanced, the Cabin Crew Union has not given us one single ounce of support in our push against offshoring and the 200 hour cadet schemes - they didn't front the Senate Inquiry and just let a Jetstar CC speak up, they never backed the Engineers, they let RR & Q get away with knowingly endangering the lives of their members - not a word from them!
Most of all, they said nothing yesterday except for the quoted 'no comment but VR is a good thing because it's voluntary' (WTF! sounds like the old guard at the union are first in line for the pay out)
Start listing the cost of the stuff ups during the past 4 years and add up the losses - especially those designed to be JQ 'friendly' like the dumb decision to use JQ style 3 abreast seating in J on the 332's - the major breakdowns due nil parts, the pushing of the schedule to move QF traffic onto JQ - plus the bonuses - Dixon's & Joyce's especially at a time when "things are tough, oil is high and the downturn is biting".....to say nothing of the fines and prosecutions!
That looming $2 share price should trigger a resignation - sooner the better.
The CC's being axed again confirms that the goal is to slash Australian jobs and give the flying to JQ Franchises. - Sad that the airline is losing the experienced end of the payroll and replacing it with Y gens from NZ & Asia or B scale on the 380 that I'm told only get $36K gross. No doubt we're next.
This surely must be the only airline that can crash and burn without even leaving the ground.
AT