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Old 17th Apr 2009, 07:08
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You adapt to changing market conditions or you die, period.

This goes for a "one man band" right up to a "dinosaur".
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 08:03
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I think with all thats going on EBA wise at the moment ( payrises etc ) that any form of promotion will likely be on Jetstar type terms, ie: Qantas has further reductions in services but aircraft and flying get shuffled over to the Star. They won't be able to crew it from anywhere else BUT mainline.

Shame really. And Harbison is a GOOSE!!

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Old 17th Apr 2009, 08:31
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I don't belive for one minute than QANTAS will be dead in six months, but it may be a much leaner operation.

JNB frequency will probably be reduced, LAX-JFK will be axed (How full is the 744 from LAX-JFK?) BUE is on dodgy ground, as are the FRA flights and at least one flight a day from SYD to LHR will go to Jetstar (probably to LGW or STN)

Additional A330's will go to Jetstar to cover for the non apperance of the B787, and Jetstar will pick up some Saturday afternoon / Early Sunday morning services on the BNE-SYD-MEL triangle, as well as MEL-ADL off peak services 7 days a week.

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Old 17th Apr 2009, 08:36
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There sure are some fools pontificating bullsh1t around here.
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 08:42
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There sure are some fools pontificating bullsh1t around here.
Agreed......waste of time really
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 10:18
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There sure are some fools pontificating bullsh1t around here.
Oh yes - and who would they be ???
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 10:25
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I doubt Qantas will be dead in 6 months. If they are becoming so, the government sure wouldn't allow it to become under. Afterall, it is the nation's national carrier. The government would surely step in to help.
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 12:01
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The government would surely step in to help
I remember hearing that in Sept. 2001...
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 12:37
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ha
Harbison is a ******...

Qantas dead in 6 months and J* saving the world(despite contributing less than 10% of earnings-Aus FIN review) naturally no mention of the cost of the J* model..

Change hands peter
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 13:28
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it is the nation's national carrier
no its not, its a privately owned company.

but sadly Mr Dudd will bail them out....
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 13:46
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Reality Check

How many aircraft does Jet* International have?How many destinations?
Jet* is not currently in a position to do much of anything
If QF falls over who is going to prop up JetStar?
Qantas is going to have a long and healthy life.So lets all calm down
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 14:26
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Nothing is sure. None of us knows what the future will bring.

Who forecast this economic collapse? Nobody. Then who the hell can forecast when a recovery will take place if indeed there will be one, or who knows a way to instigate a recovery?
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 15:31
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"Who forecast this economic collapse?"

Many many people.
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 21:38
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Qantas Will Never Die

There is no way the Government will let QANTAS collapse............
Think about the volume of travellers there are on any given day flying interstate. There will not be enough capacity to cater to the demands of the flying public if QANTAS folds. It's as simple as that.
If QANTAS goes under, so will the economy.
ANSETT was a different story; the government new that there was no need for two major airlines in Australia and that there would be sufficient travel infrastructure with one major Aussie Carrier.
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 22:48
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are you the same bloke that fronted buster hymen and the penetrators in the seventies
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 23:16
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There will not be enough capacity to cater to the demands of the flying public if QANTAS folds
im sure if QF folds, the extra capacity needed will be found. thats what other airlines are for! Nothing ****sme more than seeing companies bailed out with taxpayer $$ to "save the economy" when a company dies, others WILL take their places!

if QF does go under, im sure VB, Tiger, Air NZ, United, BA, and others will fill the gaps in capacity quite rapidly.
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 23:29
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JNB frequency will probably be reduced, LAX-JFK will be axed (How full is the 744 from LAX-JFK?) BUE is on dodgy ground, as are the FRA flights and at least one flight a day from SYD to LHR will go to Jetstar (probably to LGW or STN)
Crap.. Joburg has been making money for Qantas for as long as they have been operating the service (and copious amounts of). Frankfurt only loses money on the days when Qantas runs late.
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Old 17th Apr 2009, 23:39
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Doesn't QF have in excess of 3bn in cash reserves?

Hardly likely to go under considering they are still expecting to make a profit even in this tough environment.
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Not that I think they will either but never say never in the business world. Do a search for a few months before Ansett went broke - they posted a profit the year before they went broke, and were proclaiming a 'war chest' of millions of dollars as well didn't seem to exist! And lots of regulars on here were proclaiming it would never happen either.

I still proclaim that they plan to run QF into the ground and prop it all up in the form of transferring work over to JQ all on their payrates etc. Once QF is nearly 'ground' up as it stands and JQ is huge and a massive low cost base - then part of Jetstar could rename to the 'new' Qantas. They can't make people transfer to JQ on lower wages - but if they are made redundant from a bleeding QF then it's that or nothing.

I could be wrong - but it is a rumour network!

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Old 18th Apr 2009, 00:33
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I give up. Whats a "wala"?
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