sadistic management who are intent on the pursuit of a (Board directed) Union busting agenda
I don't think they necessarily have a union busting agenda (they certainly wouldn't see it like that) I actually think they simply have no understanding of actual business or airlines.
The view at 'the top' I think is more like this - and it has taken me years to reach this conclusion. They see staff and aircraft and buildings as major costs and want to avoid any of them on their watch like the plague. In part led by bonus culture - something like engineering or catering might make (and I don't have a clue) something like 5-7% and taken decades to build up, but if we sell it, we get an instant $xx million boost to the bottom line. Likewise I am sure they think they are absolutely brilliant by passing on all our customers to anyone else and getting paid for it!! without having to maintain aircraft or fix them. Clearly the smartest guys in the room. Its just a shame they are meant to be in the airline business, and they are running out of things to sell. Someone should have told them earlier on that all those percentages add up - especially over time.
I want an answer to this one question that Joyce mentions all the time. 'Our core business'.
What does he _think_ the 'core business' actually is?
1) Virtual Airline
2) Frequent Flyer programme
3) Jetstar Dom
4) Jetstar Int
5) Placement company
6) Outsourcing specialists
8) Boardroom Outfitters (lounge renovators)
8) Qantas Dom
9) Qantas Int
10) Travel agent
11) Finance
etc etc etc
I know I don't know, I doubt any other staff know and I suspect he doesn't know. But tragically I bet the word 'Qantas' appears on the credit side of his bank statement a LOT!
Which again is why these crazy lay offs are random acts of cruelty with no central plan because he has no plan. If anyone knew what the 'core business' was you could at least see some method and know then (or at least make an educated guess) as to what was likely to be extraneous.
G I M (above)
Quote from qantas media this morn
"Our aircraft are most efficient when they're in the air...."
Oops, someone forgot to tell jetstar
Should have read (they must have lost the last bit)
Our aircraft are most efficient when they're in the air - or not burning any fuel
I think that is what they meant - you could not credit them forgetting about the Group's biggest profit centre - Jetstar could you? And just for a moment consider how much maintenance those (11 is it now?) aircraft are saving - we aren't just talking about fuel, the savings are almost endless!