Qantas Fails In Perth
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Overheard at a QANTAS/ASA/pick-a-company management meeting:
"Get back to work ... and have you gotten rid of those damn expensive pot plants yet?"
I do miss the pot plants.
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Surely this is the fault of Jetstar and it's pilots!!!!!!
Qantas was such a wonderful place until that dreaded Lepricorn started that second rate airline with it's pilots of less ability...
The answer to all QF's probs is to get rid of JQ and return to the good ol' days!!
I think QF's service is still great, I recently travelled eco class and got a great cheese stick biscut and a can of vic served to me by, (I think it may have been Dame Edna) it's so hard to tell they all look alike at the Rat these days.
And to cap it off I flew in one of those great new 737-400, what a great a/c, I heard they have efis..wow!!!!!
Qantas was such a wonderful place until that dreaded Lepricorn started that second rate airline with it's pilots of less ability...
The answer to all QF's probs is to get rid of JQ and return to the good ol' days!!
I think QF's service is still great, I recently travelled eco class and got a great cheese stick biscut and a can of vic served to me by, (I think it may have been Dame Edna) it's so hard to tell they all look alike at the Rat these days.
And to cap it off I flew in one of those great new 737-400, what a great a/c, I heard they have efis..wow!!!!!
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Happened to be passing through on the 26th Dec.... Yes, it was a sh!tstorm... yes, coppers were called...
To be fair, the shops in the QF terminal in Perth, AFAIK, are NOT WAC's responsibility... Qantas owns the building (and so Iwould have thought) would therefore be responsible for choosing the tenants?????
I did feel very sorry for the staff at the service desk- quite a few expletives being thrown around by pax... understandable though, the aircon situation was bloody terrible (would have been 35'c AT LEAST in there), the drinking fountain was getting a workout- perhaps next time Q catering could bring up a couple pallets of bottled water???????
Having said that, I'd rather arrive 2 hours late than not at all.... if it's u/s, it's U/S!!!!!!
To be fair, the shops in the QF terminal in Perth, AFAIK, are NOT WAC's responsibility... Qantas owns the building (and so Iwould have thought) would therefore be responsible for choosing the tenants?????
I did feel very sorry for the staff at the service desk- quite a few expletives being thrown around by pax... understandable though, the aircon situation was bloody terrible (would have been 35'c AT LEAST in there), the drinking fountain was getting a workout- perhaps next time Q catering could bring up a couple pallets of bottled water???????
Having said that, I'd rather arrive 2 hours late than not at all.... if it's u/s, it's U/S!!!!!!
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Yesterday , 5th Jan , check-in lines went outside onto the pavement and down to Jetstar doors!
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Yesterday , 5th Jan , check-in lines went outside onto the pavement and down to Jetstar doors!
Oh and wouldn't that be just a fantastic result, Short_Circuit, you immature w@nker. As everyone from AN would attest, nobody wishes that on anyone at QF
Direct your wishes towards the only people that deserve them - GD et al, NOT the 95% of the workforce who work their @sses off maintaining high standards under very trying conditions.
Bring on the 00's version of Gordon Betheune!
ps to the tools who complain about the classic, why not b1tch about Airbus and their broken promises?
Direct your wishes towards the only people that deserve them - GD et al, NOT the 95% of the workforce who work their @sses off maintaining high standards under very trying conditions.
Bring on the 00's version of Gordon Betheune!
ps to the tools who complain about the classic, why not b1tch about Airbus and their broken promises?
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speaking of queues... anyone have any intell on this?
Late last year (Oct/Nov) a Melb company was conducting some "kerb to kerb" assesments of QF domestic ops - looking at queue times, staff levels and...(wait for it) gate allocations.
Sources have suggested the written brief from QF also included directions to consider looking at additional dedicated gates for JetSAR, particularly at MEL, BNE & PER.
The brief also requested assessment of front of house staffing levels and reccomendations for 'streamlining' (sic: reducing) staff levels with technology (sic: more self serve kiosks).
Apparently, the 'study' covered a 3 week period with a number of people travelling the QF network during designated peak times and also included a number of other QF areas.
Anyone got anymore intell?
Sources have suggested the written brief from QF also included directions to consider looking at additional dedicated gates for JetSAR, particularly at MEL, BNE & PER.
The brief also requested assessment of front of house staffing levels and reccomendations for 'streamlining' (sic: reducing) staff levels with technology (sic: more self serve kiosks).
Apparently, the 'study' covered a 3 week period with a number of people travelling the QF network during designated peak times and also included a number of other QF areas.
Anyone got anymore intell?
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mmmbop said
Are you the only one on this network that does not know QF LAME's PROTECTED INDUSTRIAL ACTION
is about to start in earnest at all QF ports, not just PER where this occurred
There are around 3000 plus qf people in all, supporting it.
So you are calling all 3000 plus immature w@nkers??.........
Do keep up please.
Let me assist you, click here HyperMerged: Q Engineering LAME EBA VIII/Industrial Strategies
P.S.
bop, looks like there are some immature w@nkers in your camp now.
JQ EBA to sell out new hires
Oh and wouldn't that be just a fantastic result, Short_Circuit, you immature w@nker. As everyone from AN would attest, nobody wishes that on anyone at QF
is about to start in earnest at all QF ports, not just PER where this occurred
There are around 3000 plus qf people in all, supporting it.
So you are calling all 3000 plus immature w@nkers??.........
Do keep up please.
Let me assist you, click here HyperMerged: Q Engineering LAME EBA VIII/Industrial Strategies
P.S.
bop, looks like there are some immature w@nkers in your camp now.
JQ EBA to sell out new hires
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Not Just perth
Maybe some of the responsibility rests with the airport owners/operators.
Noticed in Darwin the other night with a Tiger flight to Melbourne and Singapore, the line up (to what appeared to be the only checkin counter), was from one end of the terminal to the other. Sometimes I think airport owners need to consider expansion before it spirals out of control.
All this between 11 pm and 2 am, and dont try to get a taxi home, unless you like waiting in the rain
Noticed in Darwin the other night with a Tiger flight to Melbourne and Singapore, the line up (to what appeared to be the only checkin counter), was from one end of the terminal to the other. Sometimes I think airport owners need to consider expansion before it spirals out of control.
All this between 11 pm and 2 am, and dont try to get a taxi home, unless you like waiting in the rain
the darwin situation occurs because every airline wants to fly to darwin in the wee hours of the morning so i guess it's difficult to justify major expansion there when the terminal is dormant during the day
Low cost check in is different to full service check in.
Full service - Counters open three hours before departure, and there are more of them. Allows passengers to check in as it suits them without waiting too long.
Low cost - Counters open two hours before departure and there are fewer of them. Passengers lined up waiting, staff working continiously.
Instead of paying three people working "slowly" for 2 1/2 hours, low cost pays two people working quickly for 1 1/2 hours, and gives them a lower hourly rate.
Basically if flying low cost, come early and be prepared to queue.
Full service - Counters open three hours before departure, and there are more of them. Allows passengers to check in as it suits them without waiting too long.
Low cost - Counters open two hours before departure and there are fewer of them. Passengers lined up waiting, staff working continiously.
Instead of paying three people working "slowly" for 2 1/2 hours, low cost pays two people working quickly for 1 1/2 hours, and gives them a lower hourly rate.
Basically if flying low cost, come early and be prepared to queue.
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A380
Yes this has caused problems with the delay of this aircraft but QF are rolling over themselves with the penalty payments and or secret deals with Airbus ie Buy 2 get one free . Qantas management structure is very top heavy the Fat Cats need to go and the salaries re- distributed to cabin/terminal/maintenace staff. Its been a long time overdue but one day something like that has to happen or the turnover rate will climb to a dangerous rate
Apart from that The Red Rat has those last two letters that say it all
Yes this has caused problems with the delay of this aircraft but QF are rolling over themselves with the penalty payments and or secret deals with Airbus ie Buy 2 get one free .
Qantas management structure is very top heavy the Fat Cats need to go and the salaries re- distributed to cabin/terminal/maintenace staff. Its been a long time overdue but one day something like that has to happen or the turnover rate will climb to a dangerous rate Apart from that The Red Rat has those last two letters that say it all
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Passengers were still checking in for the QF25 today in MEL at departure time due to ahortage of CSA's. No doubt management would have fudged this delay to congestion or equipment failure!
