AIPA's comparative figures for virgin and qantas 737 operation showed the following..
Staff per airframe (Aug 2012)
Qantas 155
Virgin 70
Difference: + 121.4%
WTF!!! There is the problem right there.
And its got nothing to do with cabin crew, engineers or pilots.
It would be interesting to benchmark qantas international versus not only jetstar but other airlines around the world.
At least Joyce has taken steps to rectify the balance by sacking engineers. And established 3 tiers to the pilot management structure, which is exactly what the organisation needs.
