Qantas
 

Qantas to cut 2000 jobs! This from an airline that has made solid profits for the last few years!

When will this madness all end!

when there are no more people to fire !!!

Why is CEO Geoff Dixon still there after the failed QANTAS sell off to venture capitalists?

He should be the first to go.

Is it just me or is this getting a bit scary now. I here plumbing is quite lucrative. Seriously thoe what next, I fear the next time I call 3 greens will be the last for a wile. Good luck everyone. PS keep them wings clean.

Plumbers
 

Lots of builders being canned in the UK too............ :-(

New Qantas CEO
 

I hope the new CEO at Qantas Alan Joyce, can get Qantas back to the brand that Australians onced loved and respected, just like in the good ole James Strong era.
Now he was a CEO, who cared about his staff more than the shareholders.
I have been a Qantas employee for over 20 years, and Geoff Dixon, whilst has been a great leader, and steered Qantas through some difficult times, he has not won over with his staff.
Most sections of Qantas are now enjoying zero morale status, thanks to Mr Dixon.
Constant threats of Outsourcing, Constant Threats of selling off sections of the company, have given staff a kick in the guts.
The staff have built Qantas to what it is today, so it would be nice to show them a little respect, and job security instead of making them worry if they will be working for Qantas tomorrow or Acme, Engineering, Catering, Baggage Services ect ect.

James Strong would go out of his way to visit all parts of Qantas, and say hello to the workers, he was well respected, and staff loved their job, and loved their company.

Happy staff equals great service, which equals happy customers, which equals happy shareholders, its a win win situation, but Mr Dixon doesn't see it that way, and sadly Qantas has lost its faith with staff, and customers.
I hope Mr Joyce can emulate James Strong and get Qantas back to where it was a long time ago.
Thanks

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What a load of tosh! He got the CEO's jop by shafting John F. Ward, as a result of which he was loathed by a large part of the Qantas workforce. History will show that Strong set the way for Dixon and his cost-cutting regime. Did it start with Competitive Tendering when Qantas staff (that is, work units) had to bid for their own work and therefore jobs against outside bidders?

Please don't re-write history.

Come on now, this is all about Geoff Dixon putting shareholders first.
He couldn't give a toss about his staff and customers.
Please open your eyes, and ears, customer satisfaction is going downhill at a very fast rate.
This is due to staff morale been zero, and staff not giving a toss, and just doing what they have to do, and nothing more.

Its easy, Happy Staff = Happy Customer = Happy Shareholder.

Unhappy staff = Poor customer service = Unhappy shareholders.
I think Mr Branson had this philosophy ??, the above, Staff first.

I don't want to start a slanging match with you, I just wanted to put my view accross, and I feel its very true about the way Mr Dixon has changed Qantas for the worse.

" Its easy, Happy Staff = Happy Customer = Happy Shareholder."

Worked for 2 major carriers, one doesn't even know I've gone ( except that they've stopped paying me and are about to take my retirement staff travel off me, so I guess they do ) the second paid peanuts but invited me ( and others ) to a presentation every 6 months, where they explained why they couldn't increase the peanut ration but made one feel part of the team so that you ended up agreeing with them (!) then fed and watered the assembly far into the night. The Flight Manager also sent a personal birthday card Aaahhh !

If I had my time again I know which one I'd start with - not saying, but the water in the bath went straight down.

Qantas merger
 

Geoff Dixon has quoted that Qantas will merge with a major airline sooner rather than later.
Who do you think are the prime canidates that Qantas will merge with ?
SQ recently said it had no intention to merge with QF.
Cheers

Geoffstar is not a major airline though, just a tiny [less than 10% of profit]
part of the "group":ugh:

Maybe Air New Zealand..........

Nah...not anz .... I just moseyed around the world with them in 7days and they have long haul well sussed!

I think Air NZ would be a great choice for Qantas,

Definatly should not Singapore Airlines... its a great airline, however I cant see a fit there, I can see ANZ and Qantas together, would probably be a pretty good set up, provided it was all worked out with no bickering between the two sides...

The original post said major airline merger. ANZ are small fry in the scheme of things. I think the meaning was BA UA for example.

Before I get swamped by Kiwis I am just stating facts nothing wrong with ANZ at all.

Garuda??????????

MAS ???????

What value would Qantas add to a larger airline they cant do themselves except a providing an intra-Oz domestic feeder service?

Average service, average product, slipping credibility, highly unionised & certainly not a regional market leader. (Sounds like a certain nationalised european airline no-one wants to buy?)

Other APAC airlines would be a better partner