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It's all the unions fault 
If the unions were not trying to protect Australian workers rights and conditions, then Qantas would be able to compete.....
Yep, cause Emirates, Etihad and co pay their Pilots peanuts hey? (many cabin crew folk are expats on decent wages with housing included also might I add)
Prior to this he made some good points.
If the unions were not trying to protect Australian workers rights and conditions, then Qantas would be able to compete.....
Yep, cause Emirates, Etihad and co pay their Pilots peanuts hey? (many cabin crew folk are expats on decent wages with housing included also might I add)
Prior to this he made some good points.
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Once he got to the part where he talked about Emirates and Etihad being hugely profitable, I had to stop or I would have been sick. Emirates, yes, hugely profitable. Etihad has not come even close to breaking even since it started, let alone being hugely profitable.
If you are going to sprout tripe, at least research it so you get some basic facts right.
If you are going to sprout tripe, at least research it so you get some basic facts right.
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Given how uninformed he is, you would have to think the Qantas PR department wrote it for him.
What ever happened to researching your work before making a complete goose of yourself.....and putting it to air!
I prefer the shambolicly dishonest spokesmodel compared to this klingon puppet.
What ever happened to researching your work before making a complete goose of yourself.....and putting it to air!
I prefer the shambolicly dishonest spokesmodel compared to this klingon puppet.
I know I will be shot down in a flaming heap, but a lot of what he said does make sense.
Having said that, how can the unions offer to help the company be profitable and successful into the future when the like of the satanistic management wont sit down and have fruitful discussions about keeping QF Australian.
It would be fantastic to see QF as the most efficient and smartest airline in the world,but that requires an investment in capital other than aircraft and management that is looking further forward than the next financial statement.
We are the end of the line for a lot of flights, we should be cashing in on the fact that Sydney will see a lot of A380 transitting here, and so offer maintenance and services to those operators, and while doing that bet the 787 Goldcare provider for the region. If they need to make money, then there is more than one way to skin a cat.
There is more to an airline operation that just bums on seats.
Having said that, how can the unions offer to help the company be profitable and successful into the future when the like of the satanistic management wont sit down and have fruitful discussions about keeping QF Australian.
It would be fantastic to see QF as the most efficient and smartest airline in the world,but that requires an investment in capital other than aircraft and management that is looking further forward than the next financial statement.
We are the end of the line for a lot of flights, we should be cashing in on the fact that Sydney will see a lot of A380 transitting here, and so offer maintenance and services to those operators, and while doing that bet the 787 Goldcare provider for the region. If they need to make money, then there is more than one way to skin a cat.
There is more to an airline operation that just bums on seats.
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Just a point, spent 2 years with Etihad as an engineer,My bases plus allowence's 19000, per month was as much as I was at QF, plus housing and schooling for 3 kids, 250000 dhs per annum at an exchange rate of 3.3 at the time, it is not cheap over there as everyone thinks. on top of that by law( if there is such a thing in the sandpit) they pay 4 weeks pension and health insurance for you and your family.
Etihad have just declared a profit, HAHAHAHAHA. they have doggier accountants than QF
Etihad have just declared a profit, HAHAHAHAHA. they have doggier accountants than QF
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One of the great comedy devices is the confidently delivered opinion which is just so totally wrong that it takes the breath away!
Mr Topher, you had me in stitches.
The whole premise of your piece was predicated on the demise of AN after "International open skies" was declared in 1998, thus wiping out the international duopoly that you believe existed up till then. According to you, if you were an Australian before 1998, you only had a choice of 2 airlines if you wanted to fly internationally, and the reason AN collapsed was because it was exposed to international competition after 1998???
Sorry Mr Topher, any opinion you expressed after that howler is rendered invalid. You didn't research anything did you Mr Topher? You are making it up as you go along aren't you Mr Topher. You are a dilettante poseur without a clue ...aren't you Mr Topher.
You have been found out... Mr Topher.
Mr Topher, you had me in stitches.
The whole premise of your piece was predicated on the demise of AN after "International open skies" was declared in 1998, thus wiping out the international duopoly that you believe existed up till then. According to you, if you were an Australian before 1998, you only had a choice of 2 airlines if you wanted to fly internationally, and the reason AN collapsed was because it was exposed to international competition after 1998???
Sorry Mr Topher, any opinion you expressed after that howler is rendered invalid. You didn't research anything did you Mr Topher? You are making it up as you go along aren't you Mr Topher. You are a dilettante poseur without a clue ...aren't you Mr Topher.
You have been found out... Mr Topher.
From his about page... Goes on about what videos he's done and that after his fourth video because he was poor he wouldnt be doing anymore. Then there is this bit
Financial support? From Qantas?
And well... thanks to a little financial support, Tophers Unpopular View #5 is now released!* Check it out on the Home page
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I agree with him about stopping the like of Emirates. If we want to keep QF Australian it needs protection
No thanks.
I get no protection at my job. If don't compete on a daily basis, I'll find myself at on the Centrelink queue Monday morning.
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I agree with him about stopping the like of Emirates. If we want to keep QF Australian it needs protection
Both Emirates & Etihad operate under the UAE-Australia bi-lateral airservices agreement, QANTAS has the same Australia-UAE rights as UAE airlines do on the UAE to Australia route, but choose not to exercise these rights.
Why is QANTAS sooking about it? Grow up and compete or bugger off and let other carriers do the job.
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QANTAS are really scraping the bottom of the barrel with this guy.
I guess if they're planning to scrape the bottom if the barrel to source pilots for their Asian experiment, why shouldn't they find some Current Affair wannabe straight out of high school with very little experience, knowledge or credibility. Write a story for him to put his name to, give him access to the sim centre, and other QANTAS property, and let him loose.
Pitiful really. A journo wannabe signing up to cheque book journalism so soon. What next, News of the World?
I guess if they're planning to scrape the bottom if the barrel to source pilots for their Asian experiment, why shouldn't they find some Current Affair wannabe straight out of high school with very little experience, knowledge or credibility. Write a story for him to put his name to, give him access to the sim centre, and other QANTAS property, and let him loose.
Pitiful really. A journo wannabe signing up to cheque book journalism so soon. What next, News of the World?
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There is more to the story that what Topher says, but nonetheless, believe he has hit the nail on the head. I.e. Qantas is on track to follow Ansett if it can’t generate sufficient cash flow to take delivery of all planned A380’s & B787’s.
For Qantas International to prosper, things must change and the real question needs to be is the solution presently being touted the best alternative?
There is a substitute for either scaling down Qantas International and/or shifting jobs offshore; and that is for Qantas International to be integrated into IAG. See IAG delivers strongest result of the ‘big three’, as sales soar in 1H | Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation - CAPA
For why it is so.
For Qantas International to prosper, things must change and the real question needs to be is the solution presently being touted the best alternative?
There is a substitute for either scaling down Qantas International and/or shifting jobs offshore; and that is for Qantas International to be integrated into IAG. See IAG delivers strongest result of the ‘big three’, as sales soar in 1H | Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation - CAPA
For why it is so.
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As a LAME you may have received a very attractive salary in the Sanpit, but what is the ratio of LAME's to aircraft in Etihad? Around one LAME per aircraft plus unlicensed, low paid labour - compared to Qantas ratio closer 10 LAME per airframe?
Topher seems to be just another uninformed opinion.
But his comments beg the question: if our Australian airline services are totally unregulated and unprotected, why is our civil aviation regulation and industrial relations so grossly over regulated for Australian airlines?
Surely if we are to have an Australian airline industry it must be given some protection against predatory, lower cost and/or subsidised overseas airlines?
Perhaps the Unions should be addressing this issue direct to Government, before we lose our airline industry, the same way we've lost almost every other labour intensive manufactoring and service industry? We can't keep digging up Australia and exporting it for ever! We are not even value adding our natural resources or processing our primary agricultural produce!
As a LAME you may have received a very attractive salary in the Sanpit, but what is the ratio of LAME's to aircraft in Etihad? Around one LAME per aircraft plus unlicensed, low paid labour - compared to Qantas ratio closer 10 LAME per airframe?
Topher seems to be just another uninformed opinion.
But his comments beg the question: if our Australian airline services are totally unregulated and unprotected, why is our civil aviation regulation and industrial relations so grossly over regulated for Australian airlines?
Surely if we are to have an Australian airline industry it must be given some protection against predatory, lower cost and/or subsidised overseas airlines?
Perhaps the Unions should be addressing this issue direct to Government, before we lose our airline industry, the same way we've lost almost every other labour intensive manufactoring and service industry? We can't keep digging up Australia and exporting it for ever! We are not even value adding our natural resources or processing our primary agricultural produce!