QF Group possible Redundancy Numbers/Packages
Covid 19 would be the ideal excuse for Qantas to dramatically increase Network as a B scale to Mainline domestically.
Crew costs cheaper than JQ (both in the cockpit and in the cabin) and able to charge mainline prices. An accountants dream.
Crystal balling, but I’m predicting 20-30 airframes and east coast bases within 3-5 years.
Crew costs cheaper than JQ (both in the cockpit and in the cabin) and able to charge mainline prices. An accountants dream.
Crystal balling, but I’m predicting 20-30 airframes and east coast bases within 3-5 years.
A couple of hundred A320 guys and gals from Tiger looking for a new seat too.
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Why not? There are heaps of pilots from the ME now looking for a job. Many have made plenty of money and the NW salary would be just fine. The original NW guys who signed up to the rubbish deal in the pursuit of something better in the wrong run however will now have to plan for their whole career being at the reduced remuneration. NW will take over all short haul flying using the A320 family, including JQ. It’s cheaper.
Anyone know if the Network folks got a pay bump for flying the A320 or are they doing it on F100 rates?
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“The A320 has superior airfield performance to the 737 to utilise the short runways found at captial cities on the East Coast, particularly with global warming becoming a bigger consideration each year.”
.....on aircraft that are JQ’s hand me downs near the end of their service life. Seeing out their days before retirement performing low density FIFO charter in beaten down old aircraft that are apparently going to be used for high density RPT which requires near perfect dispatch reliability.
Now if NW were getting brand new 320s straight off the production line I’d say these theories had some substance, until then it’s all baseless speculation.
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All these world domination plans.....
.....on aircraft that are JQ’s hand me downs near the end of their service life. Seeing out their days before retirement performing low density FIFO charter in beaten down old aircraft that are apparently going to be used for high density RPT which requires near perfect dispatch reliability.
Now if NW were getting brand new 320s straight off the production line I’d say these theories had some substance, until then it’s all baseless speculation.
.....on aircraft that are JQ’s hand me downs near the end of their service life. Seeing out their days before retirement performing low density FIFO charter in beaten down old aircraft that are apparently going to be used for high density RPT which requires near perfect dispatch reliability.
Now if NW were getting brand new 320s straight off the production line I’d say these theories had some substance, until then it’s all baseless speculation.
I wouldnt call the speculation completely baseless (albeit still speculation).
First they were just getting 2 A320’s, then 4, now 9.
I think there’s a chance they’ll start flying them on thin interstate routes (PER-ADL/CNS/DRW/CBR) especially during their down time on the weekends and it will grow from there.
Who’s to say they won’t end up with some newer frames in the not too distant future? Only time will tell!
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Not true at all. You merely have to prove the ‘employer’ is willing to offer you lwop. You don’t have to be on it before you apply.
Some good FUD campaign assistance here
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The A320 pilots get a pay increase via an allowance over the EA rate that the F100 guys get paid, so the ex-Network pilot was not correct.
As the F100s age (some are close to 30 years and this was after Fokker went under way back in 96) they’ll fly less and less. Resale ain’t worth much so they’ll remain “on the books” but probably just be used for spares.
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Nothing like a good thread drift......
How Notwork getting clapped out JQ and JSA A320’s amounts to world domination I fail to understand. As far as I understand, the 4 they have are doing exactly what they said they would do.
Last I checked, WA was going gangbusters with record iron ore prices.
Back to the popcorn and chips....
How Notwork getting clapped out JQ and JSA A320’s amounts to world domination I fail to understand. As far as I understand, the 4 they have are doing exactly what they said they would do.
Last I checked, WA was going gangbusters with record iron ore prices.
Back to the popcorn and chips....
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Nothing like a good thread drift......
How Notwork getting clapped out JQ and JSA A320’s amounts to world domination I fail to understand. As far as I understand, the 4 they have are doing exactly what they said they would do.
Last I checked, WA was going gangbusters with record iron ore prices.
Back to the popcorn and chips....
How Notwork getting clapped out JQ and JSA A320’s amounts to world domination I fail to understand. As far as I understand, the 4 they have are doing exactly what they said they would do.
Last I checked, WA was going gangbusters with record iron ore prices.
Back to the popcorn and chips....
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I count 3, but yes, more than usual.
The JQ one being first takes the sting out of that idea I think. If it were an announcement as big as more redundancies it would come straight from AJ at the QF townhall first.
It’s only been 5 weeks since they announced the 6000 redundancies, they have barely scratched the surface of processing those.
I wouldn’t read too much into the pilot dial in, probably just an update on the potential Flexi line arrangements.
since the start of COVID, I count no less that 37 QF/JQ town halls and chief pilot dial ins, it could just so happen that these 3 have fallen in the same week, as they have before.
But as always, I could be wrong.
The JQ one being first takes the sting out of that idea I think. If it were an announcement as big as more redundancies it would come straight from AJ at the QF townhall first.
It’s only been 5 weeks since they announced the 6000 redundancies, they have barely scratched the surface of processing those.
I wouldn’t read too much into the pilot dial in, probably just an update on the potential Flexi line arrangements.
since the start of COVID, I count no less that 37 QF/JQ town halls and chief pilot dial ins, it could just so happen that these 3 have fallen in the same week, as they have before.
But as always, I could be wrong.
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