Competing as an international carrier, is Qantas doomed to failure principally due to its labour costs?
It is clear that the CEO isn't very popular on this forum right now. I imagine some people might suggest that if Qantas is failing or even doomed, that the CEO is the principal reason.
Maybe so. That aside, two years ago, a PPrune member pointed towards labor costs a big issue, even though at the time the focus of the posting was on the high AUD:
http://www.pprune.org/australia-new-...about-aud.html
The AUD has dropped since then, but the average employee cost of Qantas is still significantly higher than its international rivals.
How can Qantas compete in this situation? With the knowledge that your airline's labour costs were significantly higher than that of your rivals, if you had the power to make changes, what would you do?
I read a lot of criticism in PPrune on how the airline is being run today, but most people would agree that running an airline is a tough job at the best of times. Qantas's situation is serious. What do PPruners suggest and how will this offset a fundamental labour cost problem?