Today Tonight to thump QANTAS tonight CH7 6:30pm
 

Tonight at 1830 Today Tonight has a report on the increasing problems
with QF aircraft due to cost cutting. A must see by all.

Power up the plasma in the board room people, see why the share price in free falling.

...and that means YOU Dixon!

Do I have to watch that s:mad:t again? Why not The 7.30 Report?

Today Tonight = sh*t

Are Today Tonight so desperate for vierwers they have to do their promo's on PPrune?

That program is so much trash!

Agree, such a topic would be more thoroughly investigated by the ABC or SBS. However, the viewing audience pulled in by this tabloid program is not to be denied.

No doubt D.Cox will deny any problems and just acuse the program of deliberately trying to blacken the Qantas name. Typical head in the sand stuff.

I am happy to delete the thread if you all think it is garbage..

No, just want to see it done by 4 corners, or 19:30 report at the very least.

They just trotted out the usual suspects, re-hashed old footage, brought up the staples incident "which we broke" again, and otherwise had little new on the subject. :hmm:

Hard Hitting

don't forget the shaky cameras and dramatic music....a must see exclusive:ok:

I will wait till the Chaser does their take on it:}

It matters little who prsents these stories the flying public know little & watch it by the zillions !...........as long as some facts get thru I'm glad it hurts QF (not the employees tho). If an accident or major incident occurs, one where pax are seriously worried about their life then all the media will have a field day & none of us here will be too concerned about who is reporting it we'll be concerned about the damage such an event will do to the aviation industry as a whole. Something for which we rely upon to keep food on the table !:bored:
I say report as much as possible, all media, let the top end goons have it !

CW

Although CH7 is ****e at least it does not have a QF CEO as one of its directors..................like CH9 does through PBL etc.

Both channels tell the stories that will increase their own directors shareholding price.

It never really happened
 

In the mindset of QF management if you don't mention it, or acknowledge it then it never really happened.
It is amazing how quickly these things blow over when no-one from the company faces the media to answer the questions.
It will all go away, it always does.

^ And it was not safety related AND the staples in the EEL still worked, so where is the problem?? :rolleyes:

Packer sold Channel 9 months ago - there's no longer any cross-interest.

Being 'thumped' by Today Tonight would be like being gummed by a newborn puppy. Unpleasant but ultimately harmless.

(With thanks to a very senior QF driver for that one!) :ok:

One wonders whether the screening of any QF happenings (poor ones) reaches the inflight news. That would be a hoot ! Yr flying along at 39K ft sipping wine (not the plebs in cattle class !) & suddenly the inflight news comes on to say that a QF 747 is/has having inflight difficulties !:} That's how 350 pax first here of there fate !!:} Of course it's all pre recorded & hypothetical but the mind does have to wonder !

CW

sorry Capt Wally - you need to be on a Virgin 73G/H to get that sort of detail from SkyNews...oh but you need to swipe your credit card and part with $10 first!!! (AJ if you're reading -pls don't drool)

Media formula used to be 'who, what, where, when & why.......these days however it is -
A. opening statement,
B. 3 facts or stats (no matter how wobbly or unrelated)
C. a pro grab,
D. a defense grab and
E. a wrap up generally being young twenty something reporter's opinion (typically blond with mid sized cleavage).

take away parts C & D and the story doesn't have much air (pardon the pun)

CApt Wally, didn't that Jet Blue flight out of Burbank (?), have a live TV feed of their predicament on their screens? - I seem to recall some SLF mentioning it?