The bad news usually gets announced on Fridays at 5pm, so maybe it won't be so bad for once :confused:

What the said :
If any short haulers need a red tie, just go and flog one of the mannequins with the new cabin crew uniforms on...

.In the story it appears she doesn't like pilots, so it must have come to her as a big surprise when she joined an airline that they actually employ pilots as well. :E

Anyway OW, good luck with whatever you do next. :ok:

Rumour has it Alan is about to announce a timetable for his departure!!

Joyce is announcing that QF is recruiting pilots again, so all the oldies hanging around for 'their' redundancy payout can just retire instead.

(You know - all the same guys who claim that Dixon/Joyce have their snouts in the trough and don't understand the idiom 'The pot calling the kettle black'.....)

:ok:

Nothing earth shattering....

Not that we're a Sydneycentric airline, or anything.

P.S. We'll retire when we are damned good and ready. Young man, if you feel you have a birthright to promotion, then you should be promoting VR, not division. We are not here for your benefit.

To answer your question directly T - Vasis . . . the majority of Australia's population is not located in NSW :). Still, I guess it means QF will no longer be referred to as the 'national carrier'.

Another AJ tantie where he takes his money away from his former BFF just because he can ???

747 F
 

No longer a rumour- just announced, 1 747 freighter.
True to form, current surplus on the jumbo not
to be utilised. The rot continues.

But didn't we all sign the bog roll of enchantment together???!!!

Its ok, just another head of training, head of flight ops 747, head of etc, etc.
Unbelievable:ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh::ugh::ug h:
But at least previous pilots with efa, are up in singapore completing 787 training for jetstar. Its all about the opportunity!:=:=:=

EFA is already setup, and even though I can understand the frustration of current 747 pilots in QF under utilised, there is no way in hell that the flying will be under the Longhaul Contract, even with excess crew atm I still reckon it would be more expensive for EFA 747's to be crewed by current Longhaul crews. It will be under a different contract so legally the company can't use the crews because they can't force people on to the new contract unless they choose to. He'll LWOP is available so if you want to fly for them apply, I can guarantee there is no Cargo flight crew contract anywhere that resembles at all a QF Longhaul conditions......they are for pax flying not cargo. The flying is available and you can do it with a LWOP, at least the offer is there... Good luck.

I wouldnt be so sure that the 744 flying will be available to QF LWOP crew.....
The guys at EFA will get first option, as they should. While it makes more sense (from one perspective) to let the QF 744 guys swap over, it is a separate operation. If QF had new 737's, and EFA had a surplus, would we allow EFA crew to just come across? I bloody hope not. QF SO's etc should get first options.

As has been said, at least the option for LWOP is there (whether it be 737/767 or 744). Much better than being given a blanket 'NO', as per Jetstar 2004......

And just where will the startup cost of the EFA 747 op come from? I'm sure they will write their own ops manuals, training programs etc etc. BS!!!!!!!! I'm sure that they will use QF training, QF maintenance, QF sims, QF manuals, QF procedures, QF IOC, just about everything except QF pilots. I'm sure they will pay market rates for all the info too.:mad:

As to the expense of paying Pax rates for cargo. It would seem pilots at our new best buddies at EK do both but that can't happen here. No no no.

Where did you find that out nigel747?

With the jetstar 787's, I thought jetstar mainline pilots were flying them?

To play devil's advocate...

That's because EK drivers don't get paid as much as QF drivers.

Fuel-Off :ok:

Qantas Updates Freighter Aircraft 747-400ERF apparently.

So which aircraft have they leased?

747-4EVF

747-4EVF