Government Loan to Virgin Australia
It appears any pilots that have been working outside of Aust and released to return home may be in for an extended stay on our shores regardless of who they worked for. One friend at 56 years of age who went to China 4 years ago is concerned he may have operated his last flight.
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QF does indeed need a challenger - it just may not be Virgin.
Would the Australian government be quietly sounding out with other parties the possibility of another startup if VAH is unable to continue trading.
It's pretty clear at this stage anyway, that there is little appetite for a commercial bailout of a single operator.
Would the Australian government be quietly sounding out with other parties the possibility of another startup if VAH is unable to continue trading.
It's pretty clear at this stage anyway, that there is little appetite for a commercial bailout of a single operator.
They must be getting desperate They will discover what most of us who work in aviation already know, that the public really don't care about aviation especially at this time when no-one is flying anyway. I once heard the statement "The Australian public will demand their union pilots in the flightdeck" Turned out they couldn't care less then and they will care even less now. .
mumbrella.com!!
a news outlet that, on the scale of Wall Street journal to my woolies receipt, sits a lot closer to the latter than the former
If your airline survives and you keep your job your contract is not going to change.
Pilot wages and conditions in this part of the world have rarely been dictated by supply and demand.
Major cost cutting will be the order of the day in all sectors of the economy, long haul flights and premium cabins will be the most affected for the airlines. There could be a possibility of Jetstar/Scoot B787s completely replacing the parent company's aircraft on certain routes which become unviable for the full service product, however at the moment you're far more secure on an A320/B737 which are much easier to fill and cost less to operate. Today's generation of narrow bodies are far more capable than those of previous years and could replace A330/B787s on many routes if the pax numbers aren't there. Airlines such as CX and SIA which are geared towards the premium end of the market will need to slash costs in a new era were price rather than service will be the deciding factor when buying a ticket.
The GA sector has been decimated so even a C402 job won't be an option.
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Maybe the Chief Experience Officer needs to get a bit more experience before committing to such an expensive advertising flop. What a meaningless title.
Yes - Part of the problem at Virgin and elsewhere
Yes - Part of the problem at Virgin and elsewhere
Paying for advertising to sway a decision is just a waste of money and effort. Another example of either the Virgin mindset or lack of business acumen by Paul Scurrah.
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What a load of fluffy wank and one of the reason they were in the shit financially - too many overrated, unnecessary or excess positions that did SFA. The Viallge Idiots and executive tossers fostered this stupid culture where mates were rewarded with ‘specialist’ roles and titles and paid to do jobs that were not necessary for the organisation. Far too many layers at VA.
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Air NZ are looking at redundancy already, don’t think OZ domestic is in their sights yet! If we are not back flying by June, Australia could very well be served by QF and JQ domestically for a while.
Wages have been kept high by the unions who will have little ability to dictate terms if airlines are nationalised under an emergency rescue plan. Public sympathy won't be forthcoming for "over paid bus drivers who only work twenty hours a week" when millions will be living hand to mouth on welfare. Realistically, if and when we return to work I wouldn't expect to be pulling in much more than about 75% of my previous income for quite a long time.
However now without Union interference you would also have a much lower average salary. Especially so if VA go broke then you will have all the ex VA pilots, all the returned expats competing for very few jobs. I would argue that pilot unions have probably dampened the swings in the pure open market salary rather than increased them
