MERGED: Alan's still not happy......
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Qantas doing the splits again, peculiar pre loss stories begin
I'm sure you weren't implying that he was thanking GE and Credit Suisse themselves for taking part, but without specifying to whom the letter was addressed, one might come to that conclusion.
Qantas doing the splits again? Pre loss stories ramp up | Plane Talking
The use of the media to soften up the public, the shareholders and the employees in advance of bad financial results is a well established PR technique. In the case of the Qantas full year results, due 28 August, the informed speculation season is on!
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Just as an aside, I can't help wondering why there were engineering ops manager positions seemingly vacant recently. This became apparent when Avalon was closed and some of those QF staff moved into ops manager positions at other locations.
The question is, when so many staff are being made redundant, were these positions already existing, or have they been created to absorb those who are considered worthy of keeping for the time being?
Asking this question is not saying they don't deserve the jobs, but rather to make the observation that in the light of the current conditions, that jobs seem to materialize from nowhere.
Can someone shed some light on this for clarification?
Just curious.
The question is, when so many staff are being made redundant, were these positions already existing, or have they been created to absorb those who are considered worthy of keeping for the time being?
Asking this question is not saying they don't deserve the jobs, but rather to make the observation that in the light of the current conditions, that jobs seem to materialize from nowhere.
Can someone shed some light on this for clarification?
Just curious.
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Anyone heard from the little guy recently?
Seems the Exploitation of Asian markets seems to be on hold.
JQ are now expanding within their existing footprint. (Huh?)
Anyone happen to ask Alan how the JQ Asian franchises are going to compete against the likes of Air Asia X?
Oh, that's right. Alan's making the most of the first mover advantage in Asia.
Alan? Anyone?
During Alan & Olivia's recent absences. Air Asia X are taking advantage of a potential rationalisation of MAS services.
Air Asia X have signed an MOU with Airbus for 50 * A330 Neos and the options for 50 more.
The Indonesian Air Asia franchise comes on line soon.
Air Asia are also set to expand their operation in to Australia, India, Japan, Africa , West Coast of the USA & South America. Not without mention, returning to London & Europe.
Exactly how does Alan plan to compete with Air Asia X while JQ Asia grows within its existing footprint & while JQ Hong Kong aircraft are being sold.
MC.
Seems the Exploitation of Asian markets seems to be on hold.
JQ are now expanding within their existing footprint. (Huh?)
Anyone happen to ask Alan how the JQ Asian franchises are going to compete against the likes of Air Asia X?
Oh, that's right. Alan's making the most of the first mover advantage in Asia.
Alan? Anyone?
During Alan & Olivia's recent absences. Air Asia X are taking advantage of a potential rationalisation of MAS services.
Air Asia X have signed an MOU with Airbus for 50 * A330 Neos and the options for 50 more.
The Indonesian Air Asia franchise comes on line soon.
Air Asia are also set to expand their operation in to Australia, India, Japan, Africa , West Coast of the USA & South America. Not without mention, returning to London & Europe.
Exactly how does Alan plan to compete with Air Asia X while JQ Asia grows within its existing footprint & while JQ Hong Kong aircraft are being sold.
MC.
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Exactly how does Alan plan to compete with Air Asia X while JQ Asia grows within its existing footprint & while JQ Hong Kong aircraft are being sold.
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The long term plan is proceeding nicely. Bleed the airline until it's dry then offer the desiccated carcass up for sale. Surprise surprise, familiar faces emerge as the new owners with their familiar slash and burn techniques. A couple of years to go yet but it will happen. A scam this size doesn't and can't happen overnight. Can't sell it? Go to plan B.
How quick some forget 16 August 2011. Building a Bigger Qantas
The Qantas Group today announced it would acquire up to 110 Airbus A320 aircraft, plus 194 purchase rights and options. These aircraft will facilitate capacity growth across Jetstar’s domestic and international operations, the launch of Jetstar Japan and the establishment of Qantas’ new premium Asia-focused airline. Qantas will defer the delivery of its final six Airbus A380s by up to six years, driving substantial capital cost savings. Qantas’ A380 fleet will reach 12 aircraft by the end of 2011 and 14 aircraft by mid-2013. The deal is worth $9.5bn for 78 A320neos and 32 A320s, which will be used to help Qantas expand its short-haul business in Asia. The remainder of the A320 order will go to other new ventures, including Qantas’ premium airline serving the Australia-Asia market, and to renewing Jetstar’s global fleet – giving us the flexibility to meet growth requirements where needed.
Now There are still A320s coming off the line and being delivered into Alan's driveway and the A320neos have not even started rolling yet.
Hello? Wonder why there's no money for anything else
And this Building a Stronger Qantas Sydney, 16 August 2011
From April 2012, we will expand our partnership with British Airways. This will see the consolidation of our Qantas flights to London through Singapore on our A380s.
We will also partner with British Airways to fly onwards from Bangkok and Hong Kong to London. This is part of our strategy to reduce loss-making, asset intensive flying, while continuing to provide great connections and Frequent Flyer points for travellers to the UK, and other destinations in Europe. Valuable Heathrow slots will be preserved for future access requirements.
- The Kangaroo Route and the Pacific Route are our iconic, flagship routes. We will have more of our award winning A380s on daily services to Los Angeles from Sydney and Melbourne,
and on our daily service to London via Singapore from Sydney and Melbourne.
And we know that Chinese travellers rate prestige brands and safety as among their top travel priorities.Today I can confirm that Qantas intends to invest in a new premium airline based in Asia.
This joint venture airline will have a new name, a new brand, new aircraft and an exciting new look and feel. The airline will not be called Qantas but it will leverage all our Qantas know-how, making the most of our excellence in brand management, aviation safety, customer experience, finance, marketing, and our valuable corporate customer relationships.
For the first time in our history Qantas intends to fully participate in the benefits of an Asian aviation hub.
We will be offering same day services to and within Asia, and overall frequencies to Asia from Australia will grow.
We will be able to feed traffic into the new hub from Europe and Australia, and Asian ports.
http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airl...eech/global/en
The Qantas Group today announced it would acquire up to 110 Airbus A320 aircraft, plus 194 purchase rights and options. These aircraft will facilitate capacity growth across Jetstar’s domestic and international operations, the launch of Jetstar Japan and the establishment of Qantas’ new premium Asia-focused airline. Qantas will defer the delivery of its final six Airbus A380s by up to six years, driving substantial capital cost savings. Qantas’ A380 fleet will reach 12 aircraft by the end of 2011 and 14 aircraft by mid-2013. The deal is worth $9.5bn for 78 A320neos and 32 A320s, which will be used to help Qantas expand its short-haul business in Asia. The remainder of the A320 order will go to other new ventures, including Qantas’ premium airline serving the Australia-Asia market, and to renewing Jetstar’s global fleet – giving us the flexibility to meet growth requirements where needed.
Now There are still A320s coming off the line and being delivered into Alan's driveway and the A320neos have not even started rolling yet.
Hello? Wonder why there's no money for anything else
And this Building a Stronger Qantas Sydney, 16 August 2011
From April 2012, we will expand our partnership with British Airways. This will see the consolidation of our Qantas flights to London through Singapore on our A380s.
We will also partner with British Airways to fly onwards from Bangkok and Hong Kong to London. This is part of our strategy to reduce loss-making, asset intensive flying, while continuing to provide great connections and Frequent Flyer points for travellers to the UK, and other destinations in Europe. Valuable Heathrow slots will be preserved for future access requirements.
- The Kangaroo Route and the Pacific Route are our iconic, flagship routes. We will have more of our award winning A380s on daily services to Los Angeles from Sydney and Melbourne,
and on our daily service to London via Singapore from Sydney and Melbourne.
And we know that Chinese travellers rate prestige brands and safety as among their top travel priorities.Today I can confirm that Qantas intends to invest in a new premium airline based in Asia.
This joint venture airline will have a new name, a new brand, new aircraft and an exciting new look and feel. The airline will not be called Qantas but it will leverage all our Qantas know-how, making the most of our excellence in brand management, aviation safety, customer experience, finance, marketing, and our valuable corporate customer relationships.
For the first time in our history Qantas intends to fully participate in the benefits of an Asian aviation hub.
We will be offering same day services to and within Asia, and overall frequencies to Asia from Australia will grow.
We will be able to feed traffic into the new hub from Europe and Australia, and Asian ports.
http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airl...eech/global/en
short flights long nights
Well all of the above went to plan, didn't it!!
Well all of the above went to plan, didn't it!!
From what I can gather there is a HUGE loss of loyal pax to other carriers
SIN - SQ
HKG - CX
EUROPE - EK and EY
USA - VA/DL and soon more to UA with their improved service
NZ - EK NZ
If Captain CEO Fawlty had stuck to expanding his One World Alliances just maybe this huge bleeding might have been stopped. AS it is we are introducing pax to EK and there is no longer any incentive/need to fly on QF metal
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July 18 2011....
Jetstar to invest $470m in Singapore hub
Can someone tell me what these guys were smoking at the time?
"To maintain 20 per cent market share by 2020, we need about 400 aircraft," Buchanan added without elaborating when the carrier will start making orders of those aircraft
Can someone tell me what these guys were smoking at the time?
I think the loyal pax are sick of hearing the b/s out of his mouth. Plans that never work, grounding planes, false promises, shooting from the hip and knee jerk reactions.
They use the 737 simulators for the sim assessments in recruitment. So I suspect the allotted sim time would have been earmarked for recruitment. Whether it happened or not????
Simple. To see if the prospective candidate can really fly an aeroplane. You don't fly an Airbus you operate it. Thats what every Airbus pilot tells me. Real pilots fly Boeings.
Simple. To see if the prospective candidate can really fly an aeroplane. You don't fly an Airbus you operate it. Thats what every Airbus pilot tells me. Real pilots fly Boeings.
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Simple. To see if the prospective candidate can really fly an aeroplane
The test included a take off and climb to 4000 ft, basic instrument flying skills with steep turns, set rates of climb and descent at fixed airspeed, and basic asymmetric handling in level flight. No checklists. The actual landing from the Cat 1 ILS was not assessed as it was felt it was unfair to throw a candidate into the deep end of a jet transport landing/reverse thrust etc without previous dual instruction. At some point during the assessment the candidate was required to demonstrate navigational situational awareness by fixing the current position by means of purely ADF cross bearings.
There are some turbo-prop operators who for cost reasons prefer to assess their candidates on a generic 737 NG Microsoft flight experience synthetic trainer. These are located in some capital cities to attract tourists. Certainly cheaper than a proper Level D full flight simulator but lacking the fidelity. These operators may require the candidate to learn off by heart a whole series of generic checklists and mandatory call-outs as important to the assessment. On the other hand the Jetstar thinking is the assessment should be on purely on general handling ability, and instrument flying skill - without the additional impost of requiring the candidate to learn a generic checklist during the 30 minute pre-flight briefing.