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Old 2nd Mar 2014, 22:08
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1A_Please
 
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Shutdown Jetstar Asia.
Surely trying to sell it would be the better idea. It will have some residual value and the last thing QF needs is more fleet to find a home for.

Reduce the footprint of Jetstar Domestic.
Maybe reduce some of the wingtip flying against mainline but JQ serves a purpose and needs to be retained and expanded where appropriate. For example JQ should be flying to Broome and Uluru. These are not mainline routes any longer.

Sell all 4 engine jets and introduce a fleet of long range 777's.
Too expensive, too slow to implement and too late. The A380 has unbeatable CASM if used on the right routes. US routes remain profitable and should grow as the AUD falls. The 747s need to be retired but the 789 is probably the better bet.

Hub out of Perth to Europe. No need to deal with foreign hub ports period.
No, This would mean incredibly long legs into Europe and the only planes that could currently do it are the HGW A380s QF has just deferred or the 77L which has horrible economics. QF needs to hub in Asia desperately and to a lesser extent the Middle East. It just shouldn't give away the farm along the way.
Maintain east coast services across the pacific.
I haven't heard that anyone was planning to stop them.
Get rid of Joyce as he is now associated with negativity and launch a new marketing campaign.
Yes, it is unlikely he can engage the staff enough to successfully enact what is needed in the business so he should go.

You also need to be honest and say the unions and staff have to accept that the world has changed so we can't go back to the past. The work practices throughout the business are, in many cases, anachronisms. The unions are doing their members a disservice if they persist in saying they have done nothing wrong. Surely they can learn something from what has happened to the car industry workers who were terribly served by their union leaders and are now shortly to be out of a job.
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