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Old 15th Jul 2022, 08:58
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Originally Posted by Ladloy
Rex has acquired the part of Cobham. To those working in that business fight the good fight. Your wages will be the first thing they go for.
It will be a **** sandwich guaranteed..

Another career change imminent 🤬🤬🤬🤬 Not the first time!
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Old 16th Jul 2022, 05:51
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Cobham have been using the Q400 sim in Brisbane.

Rex and Qantas get along so famously...

what next for training?
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Old 16th Jul 2022, 06:20
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Possibly use these guys...

https://www.afap.org.au/pilot-jobs/p...king%20Captain
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Old 19th Jul 2022, 11:53
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How is the REX PIA going?

Havent heard jack from the lads or media how the PIA is going. Anyword or impact? No ties only goes so far......
Got money for a FIFO airline purchase but not a few dollars for the crew.....what a dump

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Old 20th Jul 2022, 07:27
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Originally Posted by Going Nowhere
They still use the Brisbane sim!
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Old 20th Jul 2022, 07:28
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Originally Posted by hillbillybob
Cobham have been using the Q400 sim in Brisbane.

Rex and Qantas get along so famously...

what next for training?
With QF soon to own Alliance then what about the E190 Sim?

More than likely back to Sims overseas….
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Old 20th Jul 2022, 10:58
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Don’t forget the only thing that matters to the ‘management’ at qantas is money in their own pockets. If they increase money in their pockets by continuing to sell sim time to Rex, then that’s what they’ll do, regardless of any animosity between the two businesses.
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Old 20th Jul 2022, 11:01
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VA currently use the Rex Sim in BNE
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Old 20th Jul 2022, 12:43
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Originally Posted by Low Pass
Havent heard jack from the lads or media how the PIA is going. Anyword or impact? No ties only goes so far......
Got money for a FIFO airline purchase but not a few dollars for the crew.....what a dump
Update was sent to crew today - good process. Union advised crew to cease Tankering Ban immediately.
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Old 21st Jul 2022, 00:09
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Originally Posted by AmarokGTI
Update was sent to crew today - good process. Union advised crew to cease Tankering Ban immediately.
Thanks for the update! Glad its working
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Old 21st Jul 2022, 01:48
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Originally Posted by Stationair8
The freight carried in the BAE-146, is that for Qantas on behalf of Australia post?

So who will REX buy next, AirNorth?

The cobham 146 Freighters do operate on behalf of Qantas Freight for Aus post. It will be interesting to see if Qantas renew this contract once under Rex ownership. I feel as though QF freight won’t have a choice, given these are the only aircraft allowed a long term exemption for the Sydney curfew.
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Old 21st Jul 2022, 05:46
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Originally Posted by davidclarke
The cobham 146 Freighters do operate on behalf of Qantas Freight for Aus post. It will be interesting to see if Qantas renew this contract once under Rex ownership. I feel as though QF freight won’t have a choice, given these are the only aircraft allowed a long term exemption for the Sydney curfew.
Pionair just picked up an extra 3 146’s and already do work for QF Freight so there’s probably already a Plan B in place.
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Old 21st Jul 2022, 06:12
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Airnorth are already flying on behalf of VA on some Qld routes using their E190s (leased from Alliance), such as BNE-TSV.
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Old 21st Jul 2022, 06:52
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Originally Posted by DanV2
Airnorth are already flying on behalf of VA on some Qld routes using their E190s (leased from Alliance), such as BNE-TSV.
So Airnorth crew are flying an Alliance plane with Virgin Passengers?
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Old 21st Jul 2022, 07:45
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So Airnorth crew are flying an Alliance plane with Virgin Passengers?
So Airnorth crew are flying an Alliance plane with Virgin Passengers in a thread about Rex ... now I'm really confused!
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Old 21st Jul 2022, 08:25
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Originally Posted by Hollywood1
So Airnorth crew are flying an Alliance plane with Virgin Passengers in a thread about Rex ... now I'm really confused!
So Airnorth crew are flying an Alliance plane, 20% Owned by Qantas operated by Bravo Airlines with Virgin Passengers in a thread about Rex ... now I'm really REALLY confused!
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Old 24th Jul 2022, 21:38
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I didn’t see too many get off in OOL yesterday, are they returning to pre holiday loads already on the 73?
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Old 24th Jul 2022, 21:56
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Originally Posted by SHVC
I didn’t see too many get off in OOL yesterday, are they returning to pre holiday loads already on the 73?
The OOL flights are supposed to be the heavier of all the loads too.
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Old 24th Jul 2022, 22:58
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Numbers have not fallen away. Yet.

However they are not really flying many flights at the moment, ie into Gold Coast only two flights a day. Between the same two cities Virgin has 20. Even Tiger was about 8 a day.
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Old 25th Jul 2022, 00:27
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Originally Posted by Deano969
Your math is flawed
The average of the 2 x 737 flights listed is 151.5
The third flight was Coffs to SYD (SAAB)

Further
REX's 737s are not 180 seats, try 174
So closer to 88% on the 2 mentioned flights
27 out of 34 for the SAAB 80%

I realize that these are just 3 flights however, I am yet to see any posted figures here or anywhere else, just random guesses here and there
Hi Deano.

Actually my math is pretty good however i need to make my self read things properly.

So point taken re the third flight being a SAAB.

But I still stand by my comment and that is when an airline like REX operate relatively few flights per day it only takes a couple of low loads to bring down
the averages for the rest of the fights to below break even and you can't make money like that. It appears their loads over the holiday period have been ok
however Poppajo's data seem to show that overall the loads aren't great.

Fly safe and play hard.

Cheers Hoss

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