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max autobrakes
21st Apr 2006, 23:08
Can anyone out there add any info to the rumour doing the rounds at work that "Slick Coldoff" initials RH is to be made chief pilot of said organisation.
As a wag at the bar was loudly overheard saying ,"it wouldn't be for services rendered ,would it?"
NOT TRUE. Sorry to put pay to your rumour.
UNOME
22nd Apr 2006, 03:01
:} sooooo UR2.... the winner is??
captain_cranky
22nd Apr 2006, 04:06
max, heard the same.
From CAO 82 Approval of Chief Pilot
The appointment may be approved only if the person has:
(a) in the opinion of CASA, maintained a satisfactory record in the conduct or
management of flying operations;
Note - in the opinion of CASA, not the opinion of the pilot group so keep your muzzles on lads.
Have confidence in your regulator that the opinion will be based on a thorough review of past appointments and 'fulsome' auditing.:E
UNOME
22nd Apr 2006, 04:47
I believe it was more towards the West...(East-West):E
Actually it is an ex QF SO on an MOU,
Weapons_Hot
22nd Apr 2006, 16:16
The rumor mill tells me that he is an ex-Ansett WA, ex-AN, ex-EVA and soon to be ex-Jet* (SQ based) to take up the position in MEL.
NO names no pack drill please. Woomera
faheel
22nd Apr 2006, 22:50
I hear its GN soon to be ex cp airbus erats :D
captain_cranky
23rd Apr 2006, 00:31
The rumor mill tells me that he is an ex-Ansett WA, ex-AN, ex-EVA and soon to be ex-Jet* (SQ based) to take up the position in MEL. Probably will answer to the name of "Chris"
A name! A name!:eek:
STONE HIM:E
Jet* international will be better for having him there. Thats for sure.
It would be hard to find a better person for the position. Some of them no doubt, dont deserve such a nice bloke! Good luck to him and well done...:ok:
rescue 1
23rd Apr 2006, 05:03
But its not a separate AOC, so I assume that the person being discussed is simply heading up the A330 fleet???
Or is there more to this rumour?
Chimbu chuckles
23rd Apr 2006, 05:45
Good grief faheel....I theorised about that possibility with a mate at EK when I heard he'd pull the pin...doesn't take long from theory to rumour:}
Sorry to again dispell your rumours, but yes, he will be there but not the big job, (No such thing as a Chief Pilot in High Capacity Airline ops any more.)
As I said the MLO J* Int is an ex QF SO on an MOU.
faheel
23rd Apr 2006, 10:09
Ahhh chuckles I am only stoking the fire mate cos I am bored ;)
Lagrange
24th Apr 2006, 00:16
JQ is in very serious trouble. The management team is in group think blaming staff for their own lack of capability, ethics and talent. They are true B graders.
For the first time, Al is about to be confronted by a team with serious talent. Have a look at the team Godfrey has put together to introduce his international operation.
The excellent morale that pervaded JQ pre Christmas is gone. The company is in disarray. There is little trust in management. Everyone in the office in Melbourne is looking sideways waiting to get blamed for today's problem or failure of the managers.
QF will have to insert serious operational experience at a senior level by mid year if the JQ International operation is to get off the ground anywhere near the proposed date.
For the time being they are just lucky that the acting CASA chief in Melbourne is a very good mate of AJ's new "brain" - his head of safety. Funny, not many other people in the industry have the confidence in the "brain" that AJ has!! OR is he to be the scapegoat again? :ok:
hotnhigh
24th Apr 2006, 00:34
And what happened to the recently planned LOSA audit???????
Eagleman
24th Apr 2006, 03:09
LOSA audit?
Remember the then Head of Flying Operations lost his job after the last JQ audit. And where is that HFO now? I think he is the "brain" that lagrange is talking about. The JQ operation was Hazelton in drag.
There will be no audit. AJ couldn't handle having to removed his man yet again.
Actually "drain" would have been a better word lagrange!
I'm sorry but didn't QF place someone with "significant operational experience" in Jet* a while ago?? :confused:
Yeh he certainally made the place better off... after he left that is
Whoa I must be working for a different airline,
where does all that sh1t come from.
And Then
24th Apr 2006, 05:28
Hey champ. Could you explain why your outfit is advertising in the Hong Kong papers for Airbus wide and narrow body Captains and First Officers? I thought you said there were many, many Dragonair applicants already. Whence competing against thousand dollar a day HK packages. CX home basings already available. They must be testing the water to see if they can shaft Jetstar pilots further.
AnQrKa
24th Apr 2006, 05:44
There are KA guys interested in leaving the most fragrantless of harbours and jetstar int would fit the bill. But not many at this stage would give up a command for a command slot in jstar only to be busted back to effoh in 3 years time. If this is sorted out then they will come.
There are loads of guys out west in the sand who would ditch the aye rabs and thier tinpot outfits to work back in oz with jetstar.
Build it and they will come.
And Then
24th Apr 2006, 05:55
Money being paid by Jetstar the pilots will be living among the aye-rabs of Western Sydney AnQrKa. But the Ex Ka lads enjoy good holdings on the Northern Beaches. Personally, Paddington is where my heart and homes are!
kellykelpie
24th Apr 2006, 05:56
[QUOTE=Weapons_Hot]The rumor mill tells me that he is an ex-Ansett WA, ex-AN, ex-EVA and soon to be ex-Jet* (SQ based) to take up the position in MEL.
100% Correct
Ur2 - Not correct
NO names no pack drill please Woomera
I know exactly who you mean.
He will NOT be the MLO J* INT it is a QF SO (A330 instructor) on a MLO. who has been with J* since Dec 04.
GOT IT !
gas-chamber
24th Apr 2006, 06:46
Hey, if I was overseas and desperately wanted to come back to Oz, if some outfit backed by the almighty Qantas or Virgin offered me a direct entry command on an Airbus, with the threat of being busted back to F/O after 3 years, I reckon I'd still grab it. Because 3 years is a long time in aviation and I figure that even the most stupid (read altruistic) management would change its mind, and the rules, when they worked out how much it would cost to retrain Captains to RHS and F/O's to LHS just to satisfy some
p!ssweak union agreement made 3 years earlier. Captains never get busted back unless they either fail a check or their airline gets into recession mode.
As for the money, if I had already made enough in the Sandpit or Honkers, of course I would prostitute myself for half the Qantas rate just to be back in Oz. Why? Because like the rest of you I am a pilot and thus capable of really caring, kind, compassionate and noble feelings - towards myself.