You’re too close to the truth Zapata
The pilots convincing rejection of LHEBA8 made it very clear to QF management that far reaching democratically agreed productivity was not going to be achievable in the time they had to rescue QFs Asia/Europe operations from unfettered foreign competition the government had unleashed upon Australia.
That management then embarked on the transformation afoot in the mistaken belief that taking the workforce with it wasn’t necessary, has got us where we are today.
Unfortunately, where to from here, is probably no longer in the hands of the management and the unions. Qantas has become swept up into Middle Eastern/Chinese global competition to control US air traffic from tomorrow's centres of production. Regretfully no way back, other than renationalising Qantas. Something no government is likely to do.
Root clause – Federal Government’s decision to expose a tiny nation of 22M people and its national airline to global open skies.
Way forward I suspect, is embracing mutually agreed change to make sure Qantas International can continue profitable operations to North America, South America, South Africa and Japan. Expect Europe and probably Asia isn’t/ won’t be profitable for Qantas (as we know it) for much longer.
Bloody sad, but we get the leadership we vote for.
Last edited by Gingerbread; 27th Jan 2013 at 22:10.
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