Heard a good comment today

We (engineers) will cave in before Dixon, because having a human heart we care about the damage and hurt being done to our customers :(

ons 3 july.
 

Last flight Mel to Syd (737) missed curfew 115 pax. A/c defect
Ferry flt (767) Mel to Syd missed curfew. Crew out of hours.
OGE finally made it out of Syd arrived with a bleed fault, u/s Melbourne
OGI ferried BNE - MEL arrived on an ATP which expired this morning, u/s Melbourne.
But it's all our fault.

QF5/04JUL now QF8005/05JUL...only 16 hours late.

There goes some more of that "war chest".

But the hotel people are happy!

OGI is a complete bucket of poo. I wish the gingerbeers would say enough is enough - ground the jets and fix them. Rather than just keep adding stuff to the tech log. A plane completely out of service would surely be more problematic to QF than just a delay.

And whilst I fully support the engineers, I think that in some respects, the MELs and HOLD items are cumulatively going to cause a problem somewhere - and I dont mean to QF management. Somewhere some pro company turkey is going to take a jet with a combination of MELS which shouldn't be accepted, or unfortunately some management engineers are going to flog of an MEL as something else and it wont be picked up until to late.

Just hold the line....

Recognising operational excellence in whatever part of the company has been ignored by this so called "management". The result of their leadership is a totally disfunctional company with a workforce that is totally disengaged.


Dixon ought think about buying that dog......

They put mad dogs "down" don't they?:}

i wonder how shares in hilton, sheraton etc etc are doing right now

QF26 ex LAX on Tues left LA 3 hrs late arrived Nadi with a hydraulic leak. Cabin crew walked after 20 hours. Cant blame them. 380 pax into hotels. Tech and cabin crew paxed up from Aukland. Leak fixed planned departure 1800 LT Thursday night. Ready to go pax falls ill further 3 hour delay. Tech crew pax to Nadi Wed pax home Sat. CC , pax to Aukland today and 3 to Sydney tomorrow. Love to know the total cost.

qf566 per-syd cancelled, aircraft still in sydney broken and unable to make curfew, (they are saying they couldnt get dispensation to leave) a lot more pissed off people here at the qantas terminal, perth passengers been offered taxi vouchers, out of town residents, a night in the sheraton, i let out a few cursed words , till i realised i was booked on qf568, which is ok, but running about an hour late,

How much does a taxi cost from Sydney to Perth? :}

Enema, if you are flying west today then it may be quicker by taxi!

Back in the news
 

ABC radio reporting 14 flights from Sydney cancelled yesterday "due to recent industrial action by engineers" and a consequential "back log of maintenance".

Crews paxing on EK because there is more guarantee to get to where they have to be, on time! Amazing.
One thing for sure, the entire front line workforce around the international network shake their heads and are so alarmed at what GD and his team have created, and utterly dismayed at the treatment handed out to our premium passengers. But fully supportive of the engineers actions.
Everyone, depending on their roles, have had a gutful of having to attempt to provide a product to our customers with the carcass that has been created by the vultures at the top.
I suppose it has unified everyone however. Unified, in their contempt for the hero and his team at the top.
It's sunday, where have the wheels fallen off today? Mmmmm Sydney, Hong Kong, LAX or LHR?
Why not try all of the above.
Good on ya Geoff, Looking after your premium customers always!:ugh:

And apart from LAX, LHR and HKG, and according to qantas.com.au it looks like SFO has another overnight delay.

How much longer can this go for???

perth 743 s
 

The Sat morning 743 to Syd that broke in Perth, was fixed at about 1800. They could not send it to Syd because of SYD curfew. They then sent it to Mel Empty as a positioning flight as another 743 was due in Perth later.

Another 743 finally came to Perth. Although its STD “from Perth” was supposed to be about 1600 Saturday, it didn’t arrive until 0030 Sunday.

The plan was for a quick turn around.

Pax were all on (full load) by about 0200 and then…. Flight crew out of hours.

Apparently the ground staff were all too scared to tell the Pax. These were the Sat morning Pax still trying to get to Syd.

0230 Sunday- very angry pax file back into the terminal.

I think the A/C is still there.

You would think Virgin could make a killing on this route if the advertised accordingly.....and supplied the goods!:ooh:

J

Oh Virgin out of Per are full to the brim and have been for quite a while now.....Qf topping up where they can...

Maybe DJ should redeploy those 777s on PER flights and make a motza picking up stranded QF pax.

Pity they dont get here till Nov.
In only 2 months, we have 5 U/S B744s, 4 U/S B767s, numerous aircraft approaching 110% overruns for critical maintenance, EAs and ATPs being issued at record levels, a dispatch reliability of +/-50%, down from +/-80 - 90%, money spent hand over fist on accommodation, meal vouchers, hotels & cabfares for pax from cancelled flights; feeding, housing, training and paying an "alternative workforce"; lost business as pax flee the airline and the airline sheds foreign operators contracts, etc etc etc.
I don't think the company can last another 2 months at this rate, let alone 4!

Spotted recently in a QF lounge:

http://www.crikey.com.au/Media/image...ee70609349.jpg

http://www.crikey.com.au/Media/image...89f6e30bc2.jpg

According to Crikey, it lasted at least 90 minutes before it was removed.

Assume Brace positions
 

.......the other issue which is REALLY starting to bite is the route checks. The longer this dispute goes on with cancellations ad nauseum-the guys in Scheduling are all but giving up trying to roster pilots for their respective checks.
Word from IOC is that they will be cancelling flights from next week-not because of Maintenance but because there are no pilots to fly the kites.......particularly the 767 and 744 fleets.

Ouch :ouch: