Borghetti Off To Virgin

[AirborneSoon]

I'm sure Air Asia do make a profit. It's easy to get passengers when the prices are low, but at what cost? Profits are slim and any adverse movement in fixed costs could wipe out the company's stability. Just look at Tiger as a group, in biz for 6 years and yet to turn a profit. Sure they are flying lots and planes and people around the globe but as of yet, no real money out of it. And you really have to wonder, what's the point?

I agree that economy rides these days are not the pick of the bunch, I also agree that I would love to fly in comfort for less. Yet there has to be something in it for the airline at the end of the day. It's a tough proposition really because an aircraft comes with certain fixed costs that levels the playing field and every operator has to try and come up with a package within those fixed costs to draw passengers.

Whats the point of difference? Scheduling, ports, colour of the decor, and crew? All very difficult things to try and make a point of difference with. Square inches on an aircraft all cost the same, at least until some brilliant person manages to design one that has more square inches for less money and doesn't use as much fuel.

The all premium model has been ventured into and as of yet, there just isn't enough demand for it. EOS, Silverjet, Maxjet all tried with a biz class significantly cheaper than their traditional competitors and they all went under on very busy routes. It seems that the majority of people would rather be a sardine if it saves them 50% on the price of the ticket. And I've got to admit for myself that even Air Asia's own economy product canabalises their premium product. If I am looking at $1k for a premium ticket to KL or $300 for an economy I'm tempted to bite the comfort bullet and save $700 on my airfare.

I do hope however that Borghetti finds a new way to sell a better seat. I personally would love to see that too.

[Cactusjack]

I'm sure Air Asia do make a profit. It's easy to get passengers when the prices are low, but at what cost? Profits are slim and any adverse movement in fixed costs could wipe out the company's stability. Just look at Tiger as a group, in biz for 6 years and yet to turn a profit. Sure they are flying lots and planes and people around the globe but as of yet, no real money out of it. And you really have to wonder, what's the point?

Tiger in Australia,and certainly in it's early days, was never set up to specifically churn a large profit outcome. It was Singapore Airlines way to kick the QF Group in the teeth for for sticking it's snout into the Asian
gravy train.
Hypothetically,if the QF group pulled out of Asia then you would see Tiger dissapear from AUS.

[C441]

Shave a few hours off the total trip time, and it WILL be a winner.

When these "into-wind" northern winter proposals have been explored before, it was apparent that most of todays aircraft would have to fly at max range cruise speeds in order to arrive with the appropriate reserves. At these speeds it meant the time lost over 7000+nm equated to around 45-60 mins, negating the time saving benefit gained by operating non-stop with a lesser payload to accommodate the extra fuel.

[Cactusjack]

New GM

New General Manager of Ground Operations was appointed today.

Will be interesting to see how this individual handles the task.Most money is being bet on this person being a complete failure.At least a couple of other imbiciles who threw their hats in the ring didn't have the "must have's" and were overlooked,which has many other people jumping with joy down at Ergonomic Central !

Nevermind,there is still hope and optimism that JB will be able to sort out the wheat from the chaff and put a broom through the top layers and finally throw out the remaining garbage.
Must be time for all those who have hidden under specific protective umbrella's for the past decade to start preparing their resume's.The clock is ticking.......

[Miles to go]

Hey JB -

Congrats on your new job!

Would love to see the expression on your face as you take the measure of the Inepts who spend their time running around busily avoiding making decisions.
If you'd like a list of who to target with your broom, send me a private message. More than happy to help.

Good time to buy shares in the Tie Rack

[Cactusjack]

Poor ol JB

Poor JB. I think he may be expecting to come into an organisation which has some fairly savvy,intelligent and worthwhile Managers at the helm ! Won't he be dissapointed

I hope he has a huge broom,there is a lot of cleaning to be done. He also needs a dust pan and some tiny little brushes as the cockroaches have already started hiding in all the nooks and crannies hoping to be missed during the upcoming clean out

They are already panicking as they know that they are overloaded with people who have the title 'Manager' (undeservedly) next to their name, which in most cases is a complete farce. So they have started changing descriptions and placing 'specialist' or 'leader' to peoples names instead of 'manager' because they know JB will be culling unnecessary management positions when he starts wielding the axe.My suggestion to JB would be to look at all titles or positions with 'manager', 'specialist' and 'leader' and consider dumping the entire lot, as most of the roles are farcical,unnecessary or simply mates rates appointments. Hell,if anyone deserves to have mates working their it will be JB, so I hope he has lined up some good mates,former colleagues and people with actual airline skills to run the place !

Rumour already has it that the days of hiring Mcdonald's and Bunnings staff in supervisory roles is a thing of the past

[porch monkey]

I f@cken hope so.......

[skybed]

then again

under his watch at the rat he let the number of management and management wages explode
dont expect any massive changes

[Butterfield8]

Rat Exodus ?

Wonder how many of Il Duce's mates at Qantas will move across to VB ?

[Cactusjack]

It is inevitable that JB will bring some buddies along for the ride.The only way a 'Good Manager' remains a good manager is by surrounding himself with good underlings.Thats the management cycle.In the case of DJ, the senior managers have been and are moving on,so the umbrella of protection they provide over their underlings dissapears,and in this case leaves the majority of DJ's incompetent middle layer exposed to the wind as JB won't want them around him.If he kept the important ones, eventually they would ensure his demise.
No,it will be curtains for the protected trash that has clung to the walls of DJ for way too long.

[greenslopes]

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Boom, Boom

Ya gotta love The Thesaurus!!

Laugh, I nearly shat...

Lighten up you wallies.

[greenslopes]

I know , I know

Time out!!





Cat, hoat, door!!

[slice]

Ahahahaha!! The knives are out! The battle for survival of the talentless ones has begun! The villiage idiots are running for cover but have nowhere to go (well aside from McDonalds).

I could sell tickets to this!