Qantas CEO has 'gone mad' say pilots
AIPA vice president Richard Woodward said the move was "premeditated, unnecessary and grossly irresponsible".
"Alan Joyce is holding a knife to the nation's throat," Captain Woodward said.
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"No-one predicted this, because no one thought Alan Joyce was completely mad.
"This is a stunning overreaction. It is straight-up blackmail.
"I knew he was trying to kill Qantas, but I didn't know he wanted to do it this quickly.
"This is a grave and serious situation and the board should move to sack Mr Joyce immediately. This is the saddest day of my 25 years with Qantas."
He said AIPA's industrial action has been limited to making brief, positive in-flight announcements and wearing red ties.
"In response to this, Mr Joyce has now locked out every pilot working for Qantas. This is nothing short of crazy behaviour,"
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Qantas CEO has 'gone mad' say pilots
Captain Woodward is right on message here, and this is the message the public will in time pick up on. AJ is the one who will come out of this badly along with LC in the end game if everyone stays cool.
FWA is a complicated mess for Joe punter, Joe will show little interest in what goes on behind the scenes, all Joes is interested in is getting from A to B if he still has a booking, AJ has completely messed that up for Joe.... Joe will blame him.
I believe metro man made a very valid point in his last post,
Internationally it's a totally different ball game. Back in 1976 QF had a 46% share, 1996 it was 39%, ten years ago 35% and today less than 20%. Asian and Middle Eastern competators play by different rules. The one area QF had a big advantage in was it's reputation for quality and safety, this has been trashed by poor business decisions resulting in a fleet of geriatric B744s flying around with a known engine problem.
There is no longer any reason to pay the premium Qantas need to charge over other airlines due to their higher cost base. Passengers voted with their feet and who can blame them with Singapore/Emirates offering nice new aircraft, better service, easy connections through their hubs and lower fares.
What metro man says here I think many of us on here agree with already,
this mess was created by the Q management not the staff.
This is message, poor decision making.