QANTAS to ground 8 A380
I know I’m not known for my love of QF pilots, but we’re all in very similar boats at the moment, or about to be. It’s a very stressful time with a lot of uncertainty for all. Keeping an eye out for your mates is pretty important right now.
Hope it all works out for you guys, you’ll be the ones hopefully taking me back to my job overseas whenever I get some work back
Hope it all works out for you guys, you’ll be the ones hopefully taking me back to my job overseas whenever I get some work back
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No I’m hearing it’s worse....much worse 80% reduction in all QF group airlines flying....just coming through Bloomberg and other sources, that’s 20-23000 job losses if true.
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No I’m hearing it’s worse....much worse 80% reduction in all QF group airlines flying....just coming through Bloomberg and other sources, that’s 20-23000 job losses if true.
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I don’t want to be a devils advocate but job losses are inevitable with these financial statistics. They can’t survive unless they cull, it’s a known fact.
No I’m hearing it’s worse....much worse 80% reduction in all QF group airlines flying....just coming through Bloomberg and other sources, that’s 20-23000 job losses if true.
job losses will of course occur. The airlines and many many other affected industries will need to go into hibernation for a period of about 6 months. I imagine a lot of admin staff will be fired but pilots put on extended leave without pay .
this is out of management’s control. All they and we can do is watch the case numbers and hope they level off sooner rather than later. Currently Australia’s are still growing exponentially. Same for many other countries.
wash your hands, keep away from other people as much as possible and look after any elderly relatives who are likely going to be told to self isolate for many months. Somebody has to make sure they have food , medical supplies etc.
good luck. We are in for about 6 months of hell then fingers crossed a better Xmas..and new year.
Best of luck everyone, my thoughts are with all of you waking up to this news today.
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The only up side, if it can be called that, is that the QF/VA fuel bill will be drastically reduced as will crew allowances and as most aircraft are going to be Ground Risks Only for a while the insurance bill should drop too. Otherwise it is all pretty black out there.