Sam Newman Slags Qantas
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Anyone who watches the Footy Show in MEL, on a regular basis, knows Sammy Newman is a clown. When it comes to his knowledge of Aussie Rules, I will concede he knows what he is talking about BUT, he has a massive ego and has suffered the Peter Pan syndrome since puberty. These two attributes limit his success in anything outside of aussie rules comentary.
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Timmeeee mate,
I have worked for both..... difference is Qantas is consistantly bad, rude and indifferent, EK occasionally, especially when the A310 is used on the BEY sector, yep the entertainment is cr*p and the seats hard, but hey, how was the trip from Cronulla to DXB, ok?? Or down there with the QF standard too, I'm guessing not? Did you travel on the 340-500?? B777 ER??, both have 500 channels in digital format for you and the kiddies to play with.....
I have worked for both..... difference is Qantas is consistantly bad, rude and indifferent, EK occasionally, especially when the A310 is used on the BEY sector, yep the entertainment is cr*p and the seats hard, but hey, how was the trip from Cronulla to DXB, ok?? Or down there with the QF standard too, I'm guessing not? Did you travel on the 340-500?? B777 ER??, both have 500 channels in digital format for you and the kiddies to play with.....
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We all know what to expect from channel 9
What pisses me off is the fact that the footy show ,(both of them) have been bagging Soccer for years. Now all of a sudden they've jumped on the bandwagon. It's bloody typical of the nine network.
They can't understand why they're not winning the ratings. Perhaps it's because they haven't had an original idea in 20 years.
They can't understand why they're not winning the ratings. Perhaps it's because they haven't had an original idea in 20 years.
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Sam the Man
He was playing with his todger when he was using the IFE, probably why he had blurred vision! For what it is worth, had the opportunity to compare EK and QF recently and EK was not a patch on QF, comparing EK's A340 & B777 with QF's A330. I am sure he misses his bunny rug, Eddie!
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I have flown on QF many many times internationally. The flights are always smooth and a I have plenty of confidence in their safety record. Having said that the service is usually crap. The F/As always look upset about something and get cranky easily. Its a shame that this the first impression of a real Aussie when overseas tourists travel to Australia.
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7e7100 "qoute"
Its a shame that this the first impression of a real Aussie when overseas tourists travel to Australia.
i thought the cabin crew on long haul qf were low paid contract poms,asian and kiwi's
Its a shame that this the first impression of a real Aussie when overseas tourists travel to Australia.
i thought the cabin crew on long haul qf were low paid contract poms,asian and kiwi's
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Thats right under Darths idea of the "Spirit of Australia" and his sustainable futures and Australian employee minimising program you can play spot the aussie on board...it helps to kill time on those long flights when the IFE is not working as usual
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I agree that QF may lack a little/lot in the way they are dealing with the public, but they do so because they can; that's commerical reality.
Besides, there are a lot who like old boiler FA's, hard as nails, who think they're in charge of the aircraft.
As for Sam, I have never known of somebody so insignificant who attracts so much attention. He is no more than an immature, self promoting w****r.
I saw this quoted here a while back:
The amount of publicity he attracts is inversely proportional to the square of his importance and intelligence.
Besides, there are a lot who like old boiler FA's, hard as nails, who think they're in charge of the aircraft.
As for Sam, I have never known of somebody so insignificant who attracts so much attention. He is no more than an immature, self promoting w****r.
I saw this quoted here a while back:
The amount of publicity he attracts is inversely proportional to the square of his importance and intelligence.
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Whether we like Sam or not ,he does have a point regarding the IFE or Inflight Failure of Entertainment.Even the company has seen to another company for future versions of IFE after Stonewell Collins sytems have never lived up to their claimed performance figures much like some aircraft we have bought from France.
