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Old 17th Dec 2016, 04:18
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Gnadenburg
 
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Your investment in KA was going up in smoke and I understand a lot of money had been paid. The reason ? Contract compliance and people were walking in unsustainable numbers, scorched earth in their wake. Hint, hint BTW.

A team was sent over with a sloganed "Back on Board" campaign that included many contract improvements and the offer of a corporate staff travel scheme. I'm not sure of the timeline but soon after everyone at KA House bar a handful turned into CX employees without protest from the AOA, with their KA start dates preserved as a primer for seniority- this wasn't protested because they knew how you blokes who wear hats work. Then you had the fanfares, business class auctions and economy seated staff jumping your higher class of ticket on the stock-standard over sold flights. The Staff Travel scheme sold to help get us out of CC was turning into a lemon and yes, improvements were pursued by the DPA but of course, the PRI tickets were a surprise as it was a means to shed some of the travel fund. Anecdotally, your leadership knew and said whatever the arguments they would not support the issue in the direction it was going.

KA is CX, integrated under your nose, to advantage because folks like you were bellowing crap like "it's a takeover not a merger", as if the KA buyout was done to suit the sensibilities of the Aussie and Brit pilot group.

A complex, but wasted opportunity.

Last edited by Gnadenburg; 17th Dec 2016 at 05:42.
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