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Old 7th May 2019, 10:16
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Originally Posted by mohikan
This statement by Joyce is laying the ground for blaming the mainline pilots for the cancellation of 'Project Sunrise' . If you think how he used a confected fight with the Perth airport authorities over A330 to JNB and now B787 to Paris you will understand the mechanisms at play.

Expect several more leaks over the next month or so culminating in the above narrative being trotted out. So pathetic and so utterly predictable.
Mohican has hit the nail on the head.

This announcement to the media is purely to gain leverage during the current negotiations for a new Long Haul EBA. Just like the B787 being the dangled carrot at the last EBA, the Project Sunrise aircraft is the new carrot and if AIPA plays too hard, it will be very easy to portray them as being responsible for killing off Sunrise (especially when Napoleon totally controls the media).
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Old 7th May 2019, 12:48
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Originally Posted by Capt Colonial

I called one of the Pilots in the QPA.
There’s more than one?
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Old 7th May 2019, 20:31
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What is the QPA?
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Old 7th May 2019, 21:52
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I know we like to feel that as pilots we are the centre of the universe, or at least the centre of the airline but perhaps this announcement has a broader audience.

Joyce loves to talk about the free publicity Qantas gets in global media with his “game changing” achievements and I expect that is the real purpose of this announcement. Sure enough it’s been reported far and wide and didn’t require a cent of marketing spend. That the message might subtlety influence the pilots would be simply a bonus.
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Old 8th May 2019, 04:12
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Originally Posted by goodonyamate
What is the QPA?
An a330-300

Although I suspect it's meant to be QCA
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Old 8th May 2019, 04:23
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Any chance of an announcement for more aircraft (in particular B789's) with the third quarter FY update due tomorrow? I believe the addition 6 B789's were announced this time last year.
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