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Jetstar to close crew bases

Old 12th Mar 2009, 09:59
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Old 12th Mar 2009, 10:03
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Darwin has got to be short-term (2-3 years max). The baby bus is the wrong aeroplane for the flying SE Asia flying.

Jets**** chop n change on the smell of an oily fart...
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Old 12th Mar 2009, 12:09
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RFN,

If you look on the doorstep of Darwin, SE Asia is serviced predominately by narrow body aircraft. ALL the low cost carriers in Asia are using narrow body aircraft exclusively!!!

Time to have a look outside your front door and draw a 1500 nm arc around Darwin, you might be shocked by the number of countries and people there.
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Old 13th Mar 2009, 10:09
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That will be good news for those who stick it out in Darwin then. Jetstar will pay to move them up there at great expense and then pay to move them back after a couple of years.

It will be a bit like an all expenses paid holiday in the top end.
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Old 13th Mar 2009, 11:16
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ALL the low cost carriers in Asia are using narrow body aircraft exclusively!!!
mmm......I could have sworn I saw an Air Asia X A330 in Melbourne recently, and I believe they have some 340s on order also.
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Old 13th Mar 2009, 11:19
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Those aircraft are operating on long haul out of Asia, not within.
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Old 13th Mar 2009, 11:35
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Question

Jetstar will pay to move them up there at great expense and then pay to move them back after a couple of years.
Does Jetstar pay moving costs?
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Old 13th Mar 2009, 12:03
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Ask the Adelaide base what "costs" were covered.

Ballpark on a Hobart to Darwin move anyone?
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Old 14th Mar 2009, 04:17
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yeah keg they do.

and for direct anywhere , jq do dn to ho chi minh which is 2000nm ish.

and dn to sing which is 1850 ish.


what's the 1500nm reference due to.

these are current routes they have been doing for months/years
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Old 25th Mar 2009, 05:55
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Had to laugh this morning, Westerway was being interviewed on local radio as the media are saying Jetstar is pulling out of the state, he was asked if Jetstar would reconsider the axing of the Overnight / early flight out, he said " No, now that we have closed our crew base we cant do overnighting aircraft due to the crews needed" So is it to hard to out a crew up in a hotel like Virgin do at many ports......

Is there something in the EBA that says crews must be at there home port of a night?
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Old 25th Mar 2009, 08:56
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Its all about the Five million a year the NT goverment are giving to Jet Star to base crews there by the end of june. Profiting at the expense of crew once again. Pricks
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Old 25th Mar 2009, 11:21
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Anyone care to guess from what hole Buchanan crawled?
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Old 25th Mar 2009, 13:18
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No but he can go back there! Wonder if the NT have freedom of information that would be able to supply how much this mob were given
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Old 25th Mar 2009, 22:09
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If you all refuse to move then what will happen....
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Old 26th Mar 2009, 00:16
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Anyone care to guess from what hole Buchanan crawled?
I don't know if he crawled or walked or if he came from a hole but I believe that he was working for Boston Consulting and found himself attached to the Jetstar start-up team that did all the planning and so on for the establishment of the 'airline'. From there he was employed by Jetstar as, from memory, its number one commercial dude. I recall that he first hit the headlines over news of certain behaviours on a flight over the Pacific.
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Old 26th Mar 2009, 03:21
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Exactly Ken!
Any suprise the same dreary anti-staff message is replayed over and over again.....
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Anyone have info on pilot numbers going to DRW?
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Old 26th Mar 2009, 07:59
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Just heard from a mate that although J* are saying that this big move or shuffle of the chairs will result in no new jobs, or promotions, why are they offering jobs to new hires to start in Darwin in a month or so as f/o's??? I now of atleast 2 guys who have been offered jobs with Jetstar based in Darwin, and they were asking them to be on course in 4 weeks !!!!!
Is this because they are thinking they wont get enough guys to go up there??!!
Sounds like the management are telling the troops one thing, and doing the opposite!!!!!
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Old 26th Mar 2009, 08:14
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the call

Has anyone had the dreaded call to say you have to move yet?
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Old 26th Mar 2009, 08:47
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There has been 15 FO slots vaccant for some time. They will be recruited into Darwin. 25 Capt and 25 FO to go to Darwin all up. Most from CNS, SYD and MEL.
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