Blue loo.
The stuff up in establishment numbers will be a certain.
They couldn't even get assigned leave right. They would assign crew to forced leave only to find themselves short.
They have conducted previous RIN's to then find themselves short.
What's happening within the Rat, is its actually becoming a very lean full service airline. The departure of full time support non operational staff is reducing costs.
A lot of the support services previously provided by full time staff are now being offloaded to a DIY service. One only needs to look at the DIY home transport booking services.
Check out CIS, its part DIY. Pilots have to now enter their own licence expiry details.
A small part of me, embedded deep inside the part of my grey matter that triggers my ability to gauge optimism. Is telling me once that wrecking ball named AJ is complete with his employee wagered slash and burn. That QF is ripe for a CEO with vision to exploit growth with new aircraft and reduced cost bases.
MC.