Interestingly the sandpit rumour mill is alive with talk that one little Irishman is attempting to gain employment with a real airline over there.
Well that will get me to change from flying Emirates to something else, who knows, it could even be Qantas if they still exist... Now how does that joke go about building a small business
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Emirates has an average salary (across all employees) of $48,000 AUD whilst Qantas has an average salary of $96,000 AUD.
Emirates has easy access to plenty of lowly skilled but competent workers from the nearby Asian countries, just look at who built Dubai. If Qantas did manage to reduce it's average salary to $48,000 then any savings would be voraciously eaten up by the current style and practices of their management.