Jetstar 787's
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A bunch of years back I remember one of our crew (and a top bloke as well) summed it up thus:
All silver colours are metalics,ie they are not a solid colour such as white red blue etc.They have small particles of metal that give it that irridesance appearance.Bit like buying a family car in a 'metalic' colour.And as such they all need a coat of clear to prevent oxidation.Clear coats are affected primarily by UV sunlight which tend to break them down and hence tend to dull,craze and discolour.
So at the end of the day anyone who paints a jet silver is a moron.
So at the end of the day anyone who paints a jet silver is a moron.
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In a normal config, I believe max payload range is 5500nm.
Wouldn't the Jetstar config of 335 be payload restricted to Europe?
I wouldn't be surprised if history repeats itself (like the A330) & JQ redeploy the 787 to fly out of Asia.
A config of 335 and shorter hops around Asia might be the grand plan.
Wouldn't the Jetstar config of 335 be payload restricted to Europe?
I wouldn't be surprised if history repeats itself (like the A330) & JQ redeploy the 787 to fly out of Asia.
A config of 335 and shorter hops around Asia might be the grand plan.
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This is a special JQ low cost paint shop feature. You'll notice that each and every A330 and A320 comes painted in a new and unique shade of silver. I imagine it will cost a lot to get Boeing to come up with a different silver each time one of these pops off the end of the construction line.
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well keg, of all the cars i've ever owned, its the metallic jobbies that've held their lustre better. its the solid colours that need a cut from time to time.
cant speak for airplane paint tho
cant speak for airplane paint tho
. So if tech crew rest isn't fitted then european flights can be ruled out? Surely you wouldn't allow a curtained off premium economy seat for 'rest' on a 10+hr sector?
Then again, we'd never heard of a legacy carrier successfully launching a profitable low cost carrier of their own, without caniballising the carrier's business, had we?!
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Qantas to go firm on the -9?
From Australian Business Traveller a couple of days ago.... .???
Qantas sets its sights on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller
Qantas sets its sights on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller
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All part of the narrative. I reckon they'll announce the 787 for mainline about mid next year..... when they announce that their magical transformation is on track to break even and return to profit and the 787 is the vehicle which will bring about that improved profitability.
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Mainline crew might crew the B787, but you will have no choice but to do it on Jetstar T&Cs.
Ask yourself the all important question!
Q. If you were running the business(ie if it was YOUR business), why would you pay one lot of employees more than the other to do exactly the same job?
A. You wouldn't!
You blokes are dreaming if you think you will crew it under your present conditions.
It aint eva going to happen!
Ask yourself the all important question!
Q. If you were running the business(ie if it was YOUR business), why would you pay one lot of employees more than the other to do exactly the same job?
A. You wouldn't!
You blokes are dreaming if you think you will crew it under your present conditions.
It aint eva going to happen!
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All part of the narrative. I reckon they'll announce the 787 for mainline about mid next year..... when they announce that their magical transformation is on track to break even and return to profit and the 787 is the vehicle which will bring about that improved profitability.
Whilst one part of the group has a relatively young average fleet age, another part of the group has a distinctly older fleet age.
What the investment community has failed to realise due reporting a "group" fleet age is over investment in one part of the business & under investment in another.
MC.
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Q. If you were running the business(ie if it was YOUR business), why would you pay one lot of employees more than the other to do exactly the same job?
A. You wouldn't!
A. You wouldn't!
You blokes are dreaming if you think you will crew it under your present conditions.
Further, many crew look at the current conditions- designed for 707s and extrapolated to the 744 when aeroplanes flew for max 14 hours- and realise that it's not a situation that can continue into perpetuity. Again, it's an issue that crew have been open to for some time.
I think part of the issue with many people on PPRUNE is that they see what AJ tells the media about pilots (normally the max earners on the A380) and then project that across all fleets. Many PPRUNE contributors don't actually realise the reality. That doesn't bother me overly much but it does amuse me when I read comments that talk about how over priced I am despite the fact that I'm in part of the group that has contributed to massive profits over the past bunch of years- more than J* anyway!
It also amuses me when people tell me I'm dreaming if I think I'll get the 787 on current terms and conditions when they're not entirely authorities on current terms and conditions as it is let alone the negotiations that have taken place to reach a mutually acceptable outcome. At the end of the day, agreeing to a deal for the 787 is a ****e load cheaper than 400+ redundancies. 
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Keg,
The big efficiencies are achieved in the aircraft that Mainline operate.
It was reported last week that as the 767 retires & are replaced by A330's domestically.
Rationalising the domestic operation to two fleets types, the operating cost would reduce by around 10% and would be within (If my memory serves me correctly) about 5% of Virgins.
These efficiency gains were achieved without ANY changes to the Long or Short Haul EBA.
Considering crew costs are only about 3% of the airlines operating costs, it pales into insignificance compared to operating fuel efficient jets.
The big efficiencies are achieved in the aircraft that Mainline operate.
It was reported last week that as the 767 retires & are replaced by A330's domestically.
Rationalising the domestic operation to two fleets types, the operating cost would reduce by around 10% and would be within (If my memory serves me correctly) about 5% of Virgins.
These efficiency gains were achieved without ANY changes to the Long or Short Haul EBA.
Considering crew costs are only about 3% of the airlines operating costs, it pales into insignificance compared to operating fuel efficient jets.
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Mstr Caution, I'm not going to go into detail here but until we actually DO sort our some of the inefficiencies that actually do exist in our award then we continue to give the company the opportunity to go to other entities.
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At the end of the day, agreeing to a deal for the 787 is a ****e load cheaper than 400+ redundancies.
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Considering crew costs are only about 3% of the airlines operating costs, it pales into insignificance compared to operating fuel efficient jets.
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i think we'd have to play the game smarter if we want to argue the transfer of business issue. jetstar has been around a while now. precedent set. and aipa got spanked in the jetconnect court case for equivalent terms
i doubt mgmnt will have any trouble at all putting those 787s on any au aoc they want
i doubt mgmnt will have any trouble at all putting those 787s on any au aoc they want
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I'm not going to go into detail here but until we actually DO sort our some of the inefficiencies that actually do exist in our award then we continue to give the company the opportunity to go to other entities.
I recall LH pilots accepting a pay freeze with the promise they would be looked after later.
The company still went elsewhere to crew aircraft.
The problem the company has is they have played the industrial hard ball for too long & the pilots no longer trust anything they are told by management.
So management have responded with group love in's in an attempt to engage the pilots that they actually disengaged.
Dont forget, not only the massive cost of making long haul pilots redundant but also the down training costs in reverse seniority.
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down training costs in reverse seniority.
regardless of any agreement, if the company pleads hardship in court, it'll be a battle to get
A senior manager recently said. The mainline fleet age is commercial in confidence. Hence they report the "groups" fleet age.
This examples puts the QF mainline fleet at 10.3 years.
Fleet age Qantas | Airfleets aviation
Funnily enough, Alan's recent claims about the group fleet age and the fleet age graph published on p4 of the ASX statement don't quite stack up unless you take out the 'amaaazing' business.