ahhh "if you had to choose between the Clifford/Joyce model and
the one described here by Herb Kelleher"..........Herb started with a clean sheet of paper in the 70's. Sort of like Jetstar but without any QF "baggage". As motivated and positive all the staff at Southwest are, do you really want Qantas just to serve peanuts? A 15 minute turnaround?
A Pilot, a Cabin Crew member and a LAME on the board.....really? How about if the decision is to stop the LWOP and actually sack a tranche of pilots.......what is it you want those representative Board members to do? Especially if the sackings were the best course of action?
And Pilots selecting aircraft? Really? We will have all the options, lots of chrome, ash trays, wing mirrors, furry dice, mats etc. Do you really think we are the best people to select the aircraft?
Costs need to change at Qantas. People need to accept that the airline is in a fight for survival. Five years without any pay rises may be a start to getting the costs down.
I think AJ is either going to have to sink Qantas or get the staff to demand change to their own remuneration and working rules.
You even have people here wanting competition and new airlines banned. Qantas has no God given right to exist. It is a business, and needs to be run ruthlessly to succeed.
Be careful what you wish for....A new CEO may issue a hip and happening Mission Statement, but he may also demand a reduction in salaries, a wholesale change to the EBA's, and sack a whole load of people. And if he is lucky, Qantas may survive, but it needs to be a different airline to the Qantas of today.