So, the most senior member of the PNG Air Pilots Association, who just happened to give the lead evidence in "The Court Case", and due to his dedication to fairness manages a Court House win for the pilots, even with PX spending hundreds and hundreds of thousands Kina on Aussie Queens Counsels,... AND now his contract is not renewed....with around 20 years PNG experience, Training and SIGNIFICANT jet time??.


Seems the two year contract change (sorry we just arnt renewing your contract, no discussion tasol!!!) took him out, even though the contract change was dismissed by the Judge, and the previous one (with 3 year contracts) was ordered to be reinstated. Go figure!!

Wonder why the High Court PX Appeal decision has taken over 18 months to be released?????

Hey, Kiwiconehead, PX need to do something about fleet replacement...I hear that if ever the guys decide not take an aircraft due to MEL's... not many Fokkers would grace the sky's of PNG.

Good timing Mr CEO........oops Managing Director.

Given your stance with the "sacking" of the ANG Pilots Association President your message to all staff made me laugh especially point 3.

3. PEOPLE:
a. Acknowledge that our people are our most valuable asset;
b. Engagement survey to be conducted with all staff;
c. Develop a People focussed strategy to ensure engagement, retention and ownership;
d. Build the Air Niugini “family”;
e. Engage with PNG Schools and Universities to promote the business;
f. Build Air Niugini as the “Employer of Choice” in PNG.​​​​​​​

Dash Bloke..

"The thing that surprises me more than anything else is that you guys seem to have believed that things would actually change. It is was it is and it will never change (for the better at least)!!!!"

Tru words yu tok.....
All there thought it would be great after the court win...and then were let down with the never ending delay to the "Appeal", then all thought it would be great with an Airline experienced MD/CEO to take over...AND let down again. But hold the press, all is good...".you'll all employees are going to get a "High Altitudes" Polo shirt :)" Stockholm rings a bell.

End of the day, PX is just a PNG state owned enterprise, owned by the Government, and interference will ALWAYS be rife. So whilst the new Aviation experienced MD/CEO is prob a superior breath of fresh air considering the capabilities of both the last incumbent, and the outgone acting CEO, kinda doubtful much will change ...as it prob CANT change due to the established interference.

PX is best described as the age old saying......you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig...and it needs to be a bloody big pig considering what feeds of it.

So Dash Bloke...you are right, the guys expected change, it hasn't happened, more than likely will never change, and combining that with only a 2 year contract, gotta say, why would you bother, unless you are looking for short term cash transit job..and seriously that is all it is.

Oh yeah...Company Payback for the Association Hierarchy ...SURELY you guys knew that PAYBACK would eventually arrive !!!!!!!

Given the launch of "Higher Altitudes" by the MD the following is being circulated to some pilots.

Timing is the essence of good comedy.

“the driftdown is to prepare us for failure from higher altitudes"

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ad7d31e77d.jpg

Poxie made a K54 million loss for 2018. 2017 was not much better with a K45. 8 million loss.

PX records over K54m loss in 2018 | Loop PNG

Replacement Dash 8-200 arrived C-GRGK, should name it "Mendi"

Should name it "Don't set this one on fire!!!"

People have been predicting the downfall of Pixie/PNG in general for so many years now that it is almost like a broken record!

However, I wonder if that long predicted 'untergang' is now not far off!!:confused: No Airline/Business in any Country let alone a third world place such as PNG can absorb those sorts of losses for too long.

I mean.... they haven't sold many (if any) of the Massers or any other of the fancy wheels they lashed out on for the massive gabfest now, have they?

Shurley we would have been told if they had!!:E

And they continue to lose good, loyal long term pilots. Another with 9 1/2 years walked away this week. Just had enough he said, no more.

Leaves a big hole in the Pilot's Association tho.

All things considered and in lieu of publicly available audited accounts I reckon that is a pretty good effort. We're only talking USD$16m and some flag carriers have lost far more under less challenging conditions. That said, the last available Auditor General's report alludes to some umm...issues that need to be resolved :} The overall impact of addressing the identified issues may mean a significantly higher loss being booked but in the meantime cat and mouse with the Auditor General and burying heads in sand should prevent a popular uprising :}

Pinky, it's not a real business. It's state owned ie tax payer funded

Ahh Lucille, you may be right there.....

Did you know that AusAid staffers, housed in the compound foot of Touaguba, (known locally as Fort Fear) handy to the Aviat and Yachtie, enjoy, for their endeavours VAT free status?
Not bad eh?
Sorry for getting off-topic....:E

The ECP moves on. Any non national who attains the age of 65 is not having their contracts renewed and all supported by the new CEO, MD or whatever tag he uses.
They said that would rid the airline of those pesky expats and are well on the way of doing so.
The wall of fame is getting longer and longer.

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In the budget for the forthcoming year the AU government has increased the amount of Foreign Aid to PNG. This is the public figure released to the media, far from reality but regardless... the amount of the increase I think is approximately the same as the loss incurred by PX in their last report.
Lucille; I think you were correct in your posting.
With a B767 in China for 'scheduled' maintenance at present; I doubt if the MRO will be releasing the aircraft with a 'time payment' programme... so whom is really paying the bill?

I think Poxie/Pixie ANG is in more trouble than you think. No flights to Townsville anymore, upsetting miners passing through the POM community, This past weekend POM-SIN-POM flights cancelled at the last moment pissing off many westward bound travelers looking forward to their breaks further afield than SIN and I was told this pm that flights to Tokyo are suspended - so their goes my trip to Geisha-land and onwards to the UK for my Easter break. I'm having to re-book through the accursed MNL and get LHR on the equally dreadful BA or Flip-Flop Airlines. PHUQ.

The threatened Shanghai services never made it beyond the Boarding gate.

Heard they left quite a few people behind in BNE yesterday due an airframe shortage and to make things worse today's flight ex BNE was also late getting away for the same reason. With Sunstate moving back in on the CNS-POM route, their Australian loads must be starting to dwindle. Lots of people I work with who do FIFO to PNG from Europe and the UK on a monthly basis are going through Oz now opposed to Singapore because it's more reliable and cheaper even travelling business class.

B737 increasingly being seen in Singapore instead of the B767.