300 Qantas pilots to get the chop ???
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Australia
Posts: 1,188
My point exactly.
The Ansett guys and girls were being paid less and it didn't stop the Tesna failure.
The Qantas guys could work for less now, but it wouldn't change the outcome of a failed group strategy.
MC
The Ansett guys and girls were being paid less and it didn't stop the Tesna failure.
The Qantas guys could work for less now, but it wouldn't change the outcome of a failed group strategy.
MC
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Australia
Posts: 810
Al E Vator, can you name one of those current contracts? After a fair bit of looking, Qantas is the only one I've found.
V Jet, LWOP pilots don't cost anything and are no longer on the RIN fleets. Unfortunate for some!
V Jet, LWOP pilots don't cost anything and are no longer on the RIN fleets. Unfortunate for some!
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Chunny
Posts: 182
OneDotLow
Exactly.
For some reason, the "QF/JQ/DJ/TT pilot" that people bitc# about on here seems to be a totally different person from the mate that they have known for years who works there. We really are not all that different.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: australia
Posts: 113
One Dot Low
Seriously you are kidding yourself.
I will lend you some silver bars and try that approach with some wearing gold bars and you may be surprised.
You will notice me in the terminal I will be the one looking you straight in the eyes and waiting for a response and 80% of the time nothing, I no longer initiate and yes it is a game for me as well.
Seriously you are kidding yourself.
I will lend you some silver bars and try that approach with some wearing gold bars and you may be surprised.
You will notice me in the terminal I will be the one looking you straight in the eyes and waiting for a response and 80% of the time nothing, I no longer initiate and yes it is a game for me as well.
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Australia
Posts: 347
toolish,
Well I guess I am in your 20% and likely you are mine as well. We can only speak from experience. I was going to ask if someone had worn both and what they thought, and old mate has chimed in.
It is customary to add a verbal greeting when eyeballing someone. "Hello, g'day, hi...." Anything will do. 
If it's any consolation, your two stripers seem happy enough to say g'day. They grow up so fast don't they...
Sad, but true... Envy / tall poppy syndrome runs deeper, the larger the ego. And we do have a lot of large egos in this game. Particularly when they can hide behind a username.
Well I guess I am in your 20% and likely you are mine as well. We can only speak from experience. I was going to ask if someone had worn both and what they thought, and old mate has chimed in.
You will notice me in the terminal I will be the one looking you straight in the eyes and waiting for a response
If it's any consolation, your two stripers seem happy enough to say g'day. They grow up so fast don't they...
You lot sound like absolute children....
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Nunc est bibendum
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 5,394
I did have a giggle the other day when standing next in line at the x-ray- waiting for the passenger in front of me to go through the metal detector- only to have two Jetstar pilots put their stuff in front of mine for the X-ray, say 'excuse me', walk through the metal detector, pick up their stuff and then toddle off to the coffee shop. Their was two people behind me.
To both QF crew and JQ crew, if you're going to push to the front of the security line, don't then walk into the coffee shop and sit down for the next 20 minutes. Passengers notice that stuff.
To both QF crew and JQ crew, if you're going to push to the front of the security line, don't then walk into the coffee shop and sit down for the next 20 minutes. Passengers notice that stuff.
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Someplace else
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Posts: 1,374
Are you wearing pants whilst smiling maggot 
Guys, some perspective please, the 'he didn't smile at me and now I have sand in my [email protected]' aint exactly constructive. 300 guys are about to be unemployed.
j3
Guys, some perspective please, the 'he didn't smile at me and now I have sand in my [email protected]' aint exactly constructive. 300 guys are about to be unemployed.
j3
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Australia
Posts: 1,188
I have yet to read anywhere that 300 pilots are about to be unemployed.
I've read that those interested in taking a VR may express their desire to do so.
But its voluntary.
If the company was intending to make people unemployed, they would have opened the VR offer to B744 SO's as well.
I've read that those interested in taking a VR may express their desire to do so.
But its voluntary.
If the company was intending to make people unemployed, they would have opened the VR offer to B744 SO's as well.
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, the 'he didn't smile at me and now I have sand in my [email protected]' aint exactly constructive.
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Originally Posted by j3pipercub
Are you wearing pants whilst smiling maggot
I agree, perspective is needed. I just flew with a guy right in the firing line, should it occur. It can be hard to look beyond our own noses when you're under the pump yourself.
Stick with it fellas
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: S33E151
Posts: 978
You are correct, I cant see any Qf driver not getting a job in aviation that they apply for, its just tragically sad its not the one they want, and already have.
S/O's might be a different story, even though they are F/O's in any other language.
S/O's might be a different story, even though they are F/O's in any other language.
