If
you apparently know all this, why have Executive Management (EM) been so coy with the facts? Wouldn't it be easy to unambiguously make their water-tight case if they simply produced all the evidence?
The truth is that EM's propensity for;
- evasive answers to everyone's questions from employees to Senate Inquiries,
- half truths and misleading inferences,
- inconsistent answers (new jets; good for JQ, bad for QF), and
- denial of obvious and exorbitant wastage (JQ jets in storage),
has created the climate where virtually
nothing EM tries to assert is believed.
People are not that stupid. I believe employees could be trusted to understand the facts
if given the chance to see the research and ask a few questions. EM's condescending "trust us" attitude is the height of arrogance when they fail to simply prove what they are saying and/or admit their own mistakes too. EM have claimed amaaaazing foresight for opportunities in the last ten years, but cannot enunciate a single "if
this (eg new pay rate for pilots) could be achieved, then
that (eg 50 x 787s) will be our plan" for Qantas mainline!!
Platitudes won't cut it. Neither will blanket 'no cost increases under any circumstances' policies. EM now has even the JQ people pissed off! Employees are effectively being told that, no matter what efficiencies might be offered, there are absolutely NO promises w.r.t. fleet, routes, expansion, the 'turn-around' etc.
The question being asked out there is; What is gained if employees 'sell their soul' in concessions only to give the company a cheaper compulsory redundancy payout so that the CEO and friends can gloat about their masterful HR outcomes?
I say "So much for leadership".
