Hooroo to Uluru - QF Mainline withdraws
 

On Monday June 3rd, QF Mainline operated their last service into & out of The Rock. That evening the staff of QF AYQ and a whole bunch of friends had a Hooroo to Uluru gathering at the Lions Club.

It was a bittersweet evening, because almost all the staff are moving on to other locations, and my reading is that all would stay had their jobs stayed. It was obvious from the speeches that all the AYQ crew were a really tight-knit group, professional to the end, led by the indomitable PK.

One of the Check-in Chicks (KM) put together a wonderful photographic and video montage, available in the two YouTube links (15 mins total) below.

Good luck wherever you go guys, and I look forward to bumping into you on another apron, somewhere. :ok:

You Guys ROCK

so does that mean 'scarelink' is gone as well?

who still goes there in anything big?

Jetstar just started the route this week :)

More Mainline disappears to be taken over by Jetstar who we were told would not takeover Qantas routes! What a joke - WIHIH at a once very proud carrier? What is happening to the capacity generated as a result of not flying to AYQ?

Good luck to those cast adrift by this withdrawal. Was anyone present from Coward Street to say 'well done, thanks and good luck'?

All the previous pax that a US based luxury tour company that have always used Qantas will now move to Virgin instead and probably ANZ AKL- LAX to get to- from Aus as well.:ugh:

Yet another mainline route gifted to its sibling. What a joke!!! .When are people going to wake up to the smoke and mirrors surrounding the whole substandard JQ illusion.......

No, CNS-AYQ-ASP & ASP-AYQ-CNS daily

QantasLink 717, Virgin EMB-190/737, J* A320.

So, it's do as I say not what I do???

I was rudely told not to take any photos as we boarded our 717 ( no other Pax near us and we weren't holding up anyone )

Told it was dangerous while refueling even though the Aircraft wasn't being refueled!! :eek:

Seems they can take as many photos as they want.......( even photos of the refueling!! :D )

Anyway good luck to them....:)

I took the second Jet into AYQ in 1981, Ansett F-28, they don't go any more either, life goes on.

:ok:

Possibly in 1981 change was driven by better technology, better processes or even a competitive advantage.

Sadly the current change is mainly driven by corporate bonuses
and short term mentality. No one worries about driving down costs, but when this is a cannabilistic process not sure how valid it is for the overall good of the company, shareholders included and I certainly do not travel with them if I have a choice that is reasonable.

Then again I have been wrong before and will be again but I have stopped investing in these type of companies.

From Today's Eureka Report
 

Very Short Sighted....

CEOs often hang on too long and turn the company into a private fiefdom.

Directors these days are often simply plucked from the chairman’s network of friends and former CEOs, and then when they get there are swamped in compliance. Any idea that they will get to determine the strategic direction of the business gets put aside while they tick boxes.

And in any case they usually manage the business for the short term, rather than the long term. That’s not always their fault: fund managers are focused on quarterly performance and put immense pressure on companies to do the same – to pay big dividends and maximise short-term terms, often at the expense of the future.

Is it only me or anyone else hearing rumours that a 737 or FK100 may be stopping at Uluru?

I guess with Qantas gone the camp ground will do a roaring trade.:8

or was that Airlines of Western Australia?! :)

greybeard...I was on that jet with you, as you taught me ...no air too rough no something to tuff...keep the faith my old friend:ok:

As much as I have spruced the need to change with the times......Bloody hell it is a sad time in this industry for many people. The ruthlessness exhibited by those very few people sitting at the top does astound me. I can only hope that QF did the right thing and compensated those affected. Perhaps J* will take some of you guys on. I did not see ned's ugly mug in there...hope he is ok!

For Blogs,
Yes Perth based but in Ansett WA colours at that time

SOPS, good to see you are still agrivating the sky

:ok::ok:

oh that was when Airlines of Western Australia was going from pillar to post and expanding rapidly.

Awesome, wish they were still here - especially the FK28's

T-vasis

When I flew to Ayers Rock in 2012, both flying there and the way back business class was full of rich Asian and German tourists. I guess virgin Australia will be happy