VA pilots worried about employment 2021
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The thread starter, otherwise known as BNEA320, has a long history of indulging its peculiar and pathetic little fetish of attempting to instil fear, uncertainty and doubt in Australian airline employees. Best ignored.
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I think the most worry is coming from Tiger pilots at the moment.
Downsizing.....
Losing routes......
Chief pilot leaving......
Still being told more 737s will be coming in 2021 when we all know that there is no chance of VA getting their 737-10s by then, so no chance of Tiger getting those hand me downs.
Downsizing.....
Losing routes......
Chief pilot leaving......
Still being told more 737s will be coming in 2021 when we all know that there is no chance of VA getting their 737-10s by then, so no chance of Tiger getting those hand me downs.
None of the ivory tower peeps ever come onto the front line for a day or two to do the obvious/undercover boss thing to see whats happening... No skin in the game so policies are reflective of accounting manipulations only, not long term ramifications Re:TT fleet change (10's of Millions wasted with no real impact on TT, especially given that the plan is 3 CEO's old and a questionable decision at best!)
Nobody has mentioned the airline's governing body, the board, look them and their CVs up.
Nil experience in running an airline stands out for all, except three from Etihad, HNA and SIA (I don't count Angus Houston, he ran an Air Force, major difference no customer relations needed, no requirement to make money!)
How do such people get to sit on the board of an airline? Beats me.....
Nil experience in running an airline stands out for all, except three from Etihad, HNA and SIA (I don't count Angus Houston, he ran an Air Force, major difference no customer relations needed, no requirement to make money!)
How do such people get to sit on the board of an airline? Beats me.....
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Two sides to every story. Just happens that Chellew was chairman of the remuneration committee/board/whatever. It seems that the recent bonus and subsequent departure of a certain individual hasn't gone down to well with the new fuhrer.
They're cashflow positive. They can service their debts. Cashflow is more important than profit. They're both important - but cashflow rules. They have free cash.
Give me profit margin over cashflow any day.
Looking at the VA Balance Sheet total current liabilities are about 50% greater than the total current assets. With net gearing in excess of 200% and zero % return on capital VA are well behind QF who enjoy net gearing of 87% and 13% return on capital. Net tangible asset backing per share for VA is nil. A black swan event could make VA vulnerable to collapse or take over by SQ.
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Give me profit margin over cashflow any day.
Amazon is a good example. In 2014 their net profit was negative $241m. EBIT was $178m. $419m was tax, interest and currency adjustments. EBITDA was $4.9b. $4.7b was depreciation and amortization. Amazon generated a lot of cash but had losses according to profitability measures.
Cash is a better measure of economic returns relative to profits. The emphasis on cash can explain why companies that generate profits but no cash, might be unsustainable and why companies that generate no profits but lots of cash might be valuable. Second - cash that is earned today is more valuable than cash earned tomorrow because of the opportunity cost of capital. Ignoring the opportunity cost can lead to value destruction or value transfers. All value comes from future cash flows and making positive net present value decisions is the hallmark of a good steward of capital and manager.
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Why would companies even create a profit now a days? With a profit you have to pay taxes. Companies are making all sorts of "legal" loop-holes to avoid paying a dime, ****ting on the rest of us tax payers. It should be possible to beat the crap out of them with a baseball bat.
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Cashflow is King and PBT is the only measure that is viewed favourably by Financiers. Cash Flow positive may have gone out the door with Hong Kong, Corona (the pandemic that wasn't) and Bushfires. Time will tell
Looking at the VA Balance Sheet total current liabilities are about 50% greater than the total current assets. With net gearing in excess of 200% and zero % return on capital VA are well behind QF who enjoy net gearing of 87% and 13% return on capital. Net tangible asset backing per share for VA is nil. A black swan event could make VA vulnerable to collapse or take over by SQ.
I would not be surprised if SQ are looking at selling out themselves. There's a better chance of outsiders such as DL, NH or TK taking a stake over the "so-called saviour" SQ, which are just as responsible as EY and HNA for VA's financial messes over the years.
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SQ not happy with their stake? That’s laughable considering them and EY played a huge part with tweaking and funding all the capex blowouts.
You really have no idea how much those two had input. They had a lot of say behind closed doors. The guys in Kiwi land had no chance as they didn’t agree with rolling funding.
EY and SQ are largely responsible for the financial mess they are in today. So SQ can suck it up.
You really have no idea how much those two had input. They had a lot of say behind closed doors. The guys in Kiwi land had no chance as they didn’t agree with rolling funding.
EY and SQ are largely responsible for the financial mess they are in today. So SQ can suck it up.