Australian Airlines New Uniform
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excited
oooohhhhhhhhh SKYWa-ker
you must be so so so so excited, finally your dreams are coming true, you will have a jacket just like QF mainline, you will have a Morrissey trousers, just like QF mainline, its just so so so exciting your dreams to be a QF flight attendant, finally.............
In the backdoor eh! nearly made it.......
Its even in your post name, its QF Wa=ker how come its not AO Wa-ker,,,,,, hmmmmm
Oh by the way raver,, its hush hush hush,,,,, I laughed,,, how about you both concentrate on the important things in life like your new EBA, something that is really going to have a dramatic effect on your life!
No wonder AO management are having a field day with this EBA!
Ohhhhh am I going to get a Beige attack or what!!!!!!!!!
you must be so so so so excited, finally your dreams are coming true, you will have a jacket just like QF mainline, you will have a Morrissey trousers, just like QF mainline, its just so so so exciting your dreams to be a QF flight attendant, finally.............
In the backdoor eh! nearly made it.......
Its even in your post name, its QF Wa=ker how come its not AO Wa-ker,,,,,, hmmmmm
Oh by the way raver,, its hush hush hush,,,,, I laughed,,, how about you both concentrate on the important things in life like your new EBA, something that is really going to have a dramatic effect on your life!
No wonder AO management are having a field day with this EBA!
Ohhhhh am I going to get a Beige attack or what!!!!!!!!!
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The username was originally created in 2000 when i worked for...you guessed it - Qantas.
I've already worn the morrisey uniform.
Will ya shut up now !
Did u get a haircut yet ?
I've already worn the morrisey uniform.
Will ya shut up now !
Did u get a haircut yet ?
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actually AO is not a budget airline but a low cost airline... there is a difference.... low cost refers to their setup cost and their running costs and does not refer to the airfares.... they are a full service all economy ( at the moment) leisure airline
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hi everyone the new uniform is a goer, i believe it will be launched around the 18th of june in perth at the tourism expo. No wings as yet, no tie. Girls will have a tuck in shirt and belt and the OCHRE is gone !!!!!!. Different fabrics for the pants and jacket (the same as QF). It actually looks great! wait and see. also the confidentiality agreements were never signed and im on the commitee.
safe flying everyone
safe flying everyone
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High-Flying-Adored,
Things I hate about the jacket are: The colour, the length (jackets like our current design that sit half way down your thigh look incorrectly cut. My opinion is it should only come to your waistline or a little below), the fleece lining (i'm sure it's imitation polar fleece, but not exactly the type of lining you want on a jacket when your base is CNS). Even in winter now you still sweat like mad just walking to the crew room for sign on. There is nowhere to hang your asic card apart from off the tip of the collar which pulls it down lopsided to the other. They are my personal views on the jacket, oh and did I mention the colour is vile!
Nothing to concentrate on really, as I have made my descision re the EBA.
Greedy,
Really? Reason why is I only flew with someone on the uniform committe last week, who said that the uniform had failed testing and the NO note was made against it..........Hmmm I guess I will just wait and see when an announcement is made.
Have a good night all,
Raver
Things I hate about the jacket are: The colour, the length (jackets like our current design that sit half way down your thigh look incorrectly cut. My opinion is it should only come to your waistline or a little below), the fleece lining (i'm sure it's imitation polar fleece, but not exactly the type of lining you want on a jacket when your base is CNS). Even in winter now you still sweat like mad just walking to the crew room for sign on. There is nowhere to hang your asic card apart from off the tip of the collar which pulls it down lopsided to the other. They are my personal views on the jacket, oh and did I mention the colour is vile!
Oh by the way raver,, its hush hush hush,,,,, I laughed,,, how about you both concentrate on the important things in life like your new EBA, something that is really going to have a dramatic effect on your life!
Greedy,
hi everyone the new uniform is a goer, i believe it will be launched around the 18th of june in perth at the tourism expo.
Have a good night all,
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Raver .... Our pprune friend greedy is in the know because his mum got him on to the committee at the last minute.
Don't think mummy would be happy if she heard he was blabbing on pprune re the new uniform before it was announced!
QFsky...I hear WM is working on wings.
Don't think mummy would be happy if she heard he was blabbing on pprune re the new uniform before it was announced!
QFsky...I hear WM is working on wings.
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At the last meeting for the uniform our very "experienced" and "well dressed" rep. from the Marketing department told us that because we rejected the first example (the one she designed!) we would not be getting the business style jacket, rather the same zip up style jacket we currently have, only in black!
So it will be black pants, similar to QF style, a white shirt for men and women (still with button down collar for men) with a pattern through it and the black bomber jacket.
There was no vote this time and there will be no trials of the new uniform to make sure that it is appropriate, comfortable etc.
It was basically take it or leave it and because you upset me I am going to punish you by making you look slightly less stupid by only changing the colour of the jacket!
Why is management so hell bent on treating us like idiots. It will end up being just lake the origional uniform debarcle with wrong fabrics, wrong colours, wrong sizes and everyone being miserable.
If Miss Marketing had her way we would all have breast augmentations and wear inappropriate tops revealing as much cleavage and as many fat rolls as possible!
So it will be black pants, similar to QF style, a white shirt for men and women (still with button down collar for men) with a pattern through it and the black bomber jacket.
There was no vote this time and there will be no trials of the new uniform to make sure that it is appropriate, comfortable etc.
It was basically take it or leave it and because you upset me I am going to punish you by making you look slightly less stupid by only changing the colour of the jacket!
Why is management so hell bent on treating us like idiots. It will end up being just lake the origional uniform debarcle with wrong fabrics, wrong colours, wrong sizes and everyone being miserable.
If Miss Marketing had her way we would all have breast augmentations and wear inappropriate tops revealing as much cleavage and as many fat rolls as possible!
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That's such a shame.
Espicailly after Andrea said at the last team forum that they will not be making a rushed decision, that trials would take place, and choices would be made on the best option possible, given the above.
I'm not holding my breathe now.
Raver
There was no vote this time and there will be no trials of the new uniform to make sure that it is appropriate, comfortable etc
I'm not holding my breathe now.
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Oh God. How depressing. I was so looking forward to something to be proud of. Lets hope the bomber jacket is just a maybe and they use common sense and give us Qf unifoms with our logo. Now that would be great. 
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Are they seriously going to do this to us ?
THE JACKET IS THE WHOLE PROBLEM !!
No-one cares about the trousers or ochre shirts !
It's the bl00dy jacket ! and ....lack of wings !
Last time I saw 'Big L ' from the marketing dept.....she was wearing a very revealing bridget jones style outfit......and she was in major need of an upper leg wax.
THE JACKET IS THE WHOLE PROBLEM !!
No-one cares about the trousers or ochre shirts !
It's the bl00dy jacket ! and ....lack of wings !
Last time I saw 'Big L ' from the marketing dept.....she was wearing a very revealing bridget jones style outfit......and she was in major need of an upper leg wax.
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I have never actually seen the tech crews jacket!!!
I'm guessing it must be like ours since they never wear it!!!
I agree Sonigue, the pants are fine, the ochre shirt is ok, but just do something to the jacket!
Raver
I'm guessing it must be like ours since they never wear it!!!
I agree Sonigue, the pants are fine, the ochre shirt is ok, but just do something to the jacket!
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So we are getting yet another silly looking uniform. How surprising! I realise that we are the bottom of the food chain at the Qantas Group but why do we have to look and feel like it?
I also have to ask why are we changing the uniform anyway? Was it not because over 80% of us stated in a culture and engagement survey that we hated how we looked? I would rather wear the current one. At least it is comfortable. And some of the men look very nice in those black pants indeed!
And what was the point of the uniform committee? The 'uniform guru', (I would love to see her resume!), basically ignored the imput of the members. I also realise that a lot of the outcome will be based on cost so we can't be too hard on her...
If anyone can find a piece of research on the correlation between uniforms, morale, productivity and profit please forward it to our management. Maybe when they see that a small outlay for uniforms could have a positive effect on profit they might change their tune! (AO though, I doubt it!!!)
I also have to ask why are we changing the uniform anyway? Was it not because over 80% of us stated in a culture and engagement survey that we hated how we looked? I would rather wear the current one. At least it is comfortable. And some of the men look very nice in those black pants indeed!
And what was the point of the uniform committee? The 'uniform guru', (I would love to see her resume!), basically ignored the imput of the members. I also realise that a lot of the outcome will be based on cost so we can't be too hard on her...
If anyone can find a piece of research on the correlation between uniforms, morale, productivity and profit please forward it to our management. Maybe when they see that a small outlay for uniforms could have a positive effect on profit they might change their tune! (AO though, I doubt it!!!)
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I would be really happy to swap your new Australian uniforms for my beauitful Jetstar uniform.You guys think you have it bad...Have you seen what Qantas make us wear!!
We do have a jacket but my god,we look like ring masters at the circus.Very few males will wear it.
Its so sad...dont Qantas realise what a lift in spirit and moral it would do for the crew if we didnt feel like the poor relations.
We do have a jacket but my god,we look like ring masters at the circus.Very few males will wear it.
Its so sad...dont Qantas realise what a lift in spirit and moral it would do for the crew if we didnt feel like the poor relations.
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Bottom of the food chain at Qantas, please just because you have a crap uniform. Pull your head of the sand up their in Cairns and spare a thought for the other flight attendants that really are the bottom of the Qantas food chain.
Bottom of the food chain at Qantas, please just because you have a crap uniform. Pull your head of the sand up their in Cairns and spare a thought for the other flight attendants that really are the bottom of the Qantas food chain.