QFSkywalker-
The OOL base was always classed as TEMPORARY this time round. Was made quite clear to all involved.
Why would Impulse tell you at an interview that flying ex-BNE was all glamourous low hour 3 day trips? What happens when QF change the 717 schedule and have it doing SYD-BNE shuttles (just an EXAMPLE!!!)? All 4 sector day trips ex-BNE. You would all jump up and down and say "But you as a company told us we would be doing 3 day trips...." You get my point?
Expectations only lead to dissappointment. Impulse are simply covering their a$$ by not making promisies they can't keep. Very clever indeed. I doubt any airline in such a position (at the total mercy of the parent's scheduling and resource control) would make any such statements.
Impulse are trying (being the operative word!
) to look out for the needs of its employees as best as possible. It learnt this lesson the first time OOL closed. They don't just rush out and do things when they have no control over the company's direction.