Qantas announcement today
 

Had a heads up from the press. At 1100 The Qantas CEO will be holding a press conference. Word is spreading that it will be a "very sobering announcement".

Maybe a CEO retiring for health reasons or closure of another Heavy Maintenance facility.

maybe he's getting 'married'

When all is said and done, i.e brand damage, pax going elsewhere, financial losses increasing and massive job cuts, no doubt the unions will reject the contributory negligence argument that will surface thereafter. It takes years to find good customers and seconds to lose them! and what are the unions doing?? telling pax to go elsewhere :ugh:

Ireland is out of the World Cup?

new piper get a grip on the realities of life. Nice one fed sec, keep it going

ABAT4t2,

That is great advice. Its a pity you and your members can't heed that advice. Its going to be a bad ending for you guys if you don't change your stance.

NP

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or closure of another Heavy Maintenance facility.

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Perchance due to the Big Bad Unions? It may be time for a Divide and Conquer 101 attempt from QF. Remember, everything bad that's happened to Qantas is due to the Big Bad Unions. Milk gone sour? Flat tyre? All the fault of the Big Bad Unions! :}

Nothing to do with mismanagement at all. And the $500m profit just never seems to get mentioned! They're STRUGGLING, due to the Big Bad Unions.

Oh, so its that why the SMH have suddenly decided to have a 'LIVE BLOG' on the QF situation!!??

Is that legal?

ABC News 24 is streaming it now...

Fuel-Off :ok:

Live on 9 now.

I think AJ just said, "we have a positive relationship with our 15 unions".

But he did positively state, "our TWU staff are paid 12% more than Virgin and the rest."

He also claims that they (I'm assuming he means his management team) have been trying to negotiate with all striking sectors and unions alike.

"We have tried to set up meetings with FWA and the unions together".

:yuk:

5 lines of flying being grounded for 1 month from Monday

4 x 737
1 x 767

Reduced flying as a result. :ugh:

Those aircraft are simply just broken.

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tanks for the update AJ .

Maybe the forward booking weren't looking so good so just cancel the flights and shift the blame onto the unions!... :suspect:

Admitted that forward bookings have been affected.

No job losses???????

The misinformation is astounding.

Can someone in AIPA please confirm once and for all for us that they are not seeking the same pay for jetstar pilots? Once again he has stated this.

Where the heck is the pilots union making rebuttals once and for all.

Also ALEA SP If these aircraft are simply broken let the media know this to destroy any ground he gains from this.

But he thanked the staff and said how great they've been. Interesting...
So that statement alone is admitting that staff are a vital resource, not a hinderance. So why won't he engage rather than destroy?

so there are 1000 job loss or there aren't,which is it.How do you negotiate with some one that doesn't remember what they said yesterday.

There will be an AIPA press conference at 1200.