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Sunny, let him go. We all know what he's up to. We also know the message intended from the original post, which he quotes. We also know the reasons for that post and the history behind it.
Sorry cpiom, but you are in the minority here. If (as you allude) you know the quoted passage(s) came from an exec member then you know enough to call up said member and ask him to qualify his post. Can guess you will be put straight and sent home, tail between legs.
Please post again after you make that call.
Sorry cpiom, but you are in the minority here. If (as you allude) you know the quoted passage(s) came from an exec member then you know enough to call up said member and ask him to qualify his post. Can guess you will be put straight and sent home, tail between legs.
Please post again after you make that call.
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Qantas Investors Key Dates:
30 June 2008.........Financial Year End
21 August 2008......Preliminary Final Result Announcement
3 September 2008...Record Date for Final Dividend
1 October 2008.......Final Dividend Payable
16 October 2008.....Annual General Meeting
30 June 2008.........Financial Year End
21 August 2008......Preliminary Final Result Announcement
3 September 2008...Record Date for Final Dividend
1 October 2008.......Final Dividend Payable
16 October 2008.....Annual General Meeting
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These are pretty important meetings...........
Qantas bosses jet off to NY for key board meet
CITY BEAT: Rebecca Urban | June 11, 2008
QANTAS might have grounded some passengers due to the mounting cost of fuel, but it clearly has no intention of doing the same to its directors.
Despite last week announcing the closure of several routes -- particularly to Japan and Southeast Asia -- the airline will hold its next board meeting in the US.
Directors, including chairman Leigh Clifford, John Schubert and Peter Cosgrove, will jet off to New York next week for what chief executive Geoff Dixon described as "the most important meeting the company's had in the past five years". So much for saving money on jet fuel.
Cheap shots aside, Qantas has some good reasons for holding the two-day meeting in the Big Apple.
Airbus executives will be flying in from Toulouse to brief directors on the delivery schedule for the two-storey A380 jets that have been delayed repeatedly due to production problems. The new fleet is supposed to arrive by August, yet rumours of further delays have apparently left many inside the Qantas camp nervous.
The board will also meet with senior executives from Boeing, who will provide an update on the program for building its new 787 Dreamliner, which is more than a year behind schedule. Qantas is Boeing's biggest customer, having ordered 65 of the new aircraft to replace its ageing fleet.
Not surprisingly, Dixon has organised a few meetings at New York's top investment banks to discuss financing options for the fleet acquisition.
He will be accompanied by his merry team of potential successors -- executive general manger John Borghetti, chief financial officer Peter Gregg and Jetstar boss Alan Joyce.
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.......... and with our recent record of punctuality I can only surmise that the trough feeders will all be traveling with United.
CITY BEAT: Rebecca Urban | June 11, 2008
QANTAS might have grounded some passengers due to the mounting cost of fuel, but it clearly has no intention of doing the same to its directors.
Despite last week announcing the closure of several routes -- particularly to Japan and Southeast Asia -- the airline will hold its next board meeting in the US.
Directors, including chairman Leigh Clifford, John Schubert and Peter Cosgrove, will jet off to New York next week for what chief executive Geoff Dixon described as "the most important meeting the company's had in the past five years". So much for saving money on jet fuel.
Cheap shots aside, Qantas has some good reasons for holding the two-day meeting in the Big Apple.
Airbus executives will be flying in from Toulouse to brief directors on the delivery schedule for the two-storey A380 jets that have been delayed repeatedly due to production problems. The new fleet is supposed to arrive by August, yet rumours of further delays have apparently left many inside the Qantas camp nervous.
The board will also meet with senior executives from Boeing, who will provide an update on the program for building its new 787 Dreamliner, which is more than a year behind schedule. Qantas is Boeing's biggest customer, having ordered 65 of the new aircraft to replace its ageing fleet.
Not surprisingly, Dixon has organised a few meetings at New York's top investment banks to discuss financing options for the fleet acquisition.
He will be accompanied by his merry team of potential successors -- executive general manger John Borghetti, chief financial officer Peter Gregg and Jetstar boss Alan Joyce.
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.......... and with our recent record of punctuality I can only surmise that the trough feeders will all be traveling with United.
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As an AVV Lame I would like you to know that I havn't seen to many "Heros" down here.
And therein lies the problem. "haven't seen too many".
I also received a PM from one of yours which I will respond to privately which stated OT is being done at the end of the shift etc to "help pay the bills". WTF ???
What part of OT ban don't you understand. OK, so the assoc "allowed" end of shift OT. That was done purely so that we wouldn't be docked 4 hours pay every day when they asked us to stay back! If it isn't official you cannot be docked for saying NO. getting the picture or do you really need it spelled out?
No OT means NO OT.....if you can't read between the lines, or choose not to so you sleep better whilst doing "enough OT to pay the bills" then ------edited------
If you are Forstaff and similar applies......please NO, your sock draw is in dissaray and it needs your attention. Have no doubt, Forstaff will paint you into the same corner we are currently in and you WILL need the support of others to get out of it......
I acknowledge that the vast majority down there are doing the right thing. I also KNOW there are several who AREN'T. That is why yesterday's cease and desist notice came from SP.
Just for your information, here in Sydney Base( where courtesy of a ridiculous housing market our bills are significantly higher whilst we earn the SAME money) there is NO overtime being worked, there are NO shift time adjustments being done and there are definitely NO favours being shown to the company so that we can 'pay the odd bill'. And we are the area formerly known as A-Lick central!!
THAT is why EBY is a WEEK late leaving from a simple 'A' Check.
Finally, it's not for the sheer fun of it that one of 'our' basic 'A' Checks is heading to AVV in ADDITION to their current work because we can't "handle" the workload...........
perhaps your 'goodwill' is being taken advantage of?
If you care to refute and set me straight in a truthful manner please do so and I will happily blank this post.
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The problem with Lax ramping up A chks is that it was done with the help of Syd Base maint Lame's. A few legends making names for themselves however everyone in base knows exactly who they are, and why they went up there. Better have a good hard look at the contract boys they are offering for a permanent position in Lax as Lame's have long memories!
The problem with Lax ramping up A chks is that it was done with the help of Syd Base maint Lame's. A few legends making names for themselves however everyone in base knows exactly who they are, and why they went up there. Better have a good hard look at the contract boys they are offering for a permanent position in Lax as Lame's have long memories!
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Give the guys in LA a chance to do the right thing, preempting their actions is going to far. There are no spare parts in Syd for an A chk so I cant imagine that this is going to go very well. Wait and see the result before passing judgment on them.
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The problem with Lax ramping up A chks is that it was done with the help of Syd Base maint Lame's
We all know how much experience and effort it takes to do a full A check on a 744. Up until now the checks in L.A. have been cabin focussed and basic lubes. There has been very little in regard to inpections because if they find anything LAX does not have resourses/parts to fix the defect.
I would hope if the LAX work was ramped up the aircraft would leave with more hold items plus a few E.A.s than they arrived.
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LAX are already doing their bit. Holds go up, aircraft go late.
That is all they can do and they are doing it well.
The boys in boros tell me LAX were scheduled to do a whole chunk of an ugly's a-check and 4 full engine a-check boros which CY deferred and they only achieved one boro....the rest came back to SYD along with all the rest of the CY deferred 'a' check and took two seperate 24 hour 'downtimes' to achieve....
A good result....
That is all they can do and they are doing it well.
The boys in boros tell me LAX were scheduled to do a whole chunk of an ugly's a-check and 4 full engine a-check boros which CY deferred and they only achieved one boro....the rest came back to SYD along with all the rest of the CY deferred 'a' check and took two seperate 24 hour 'downtimes' to achieve....
A good result....
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Having worked with some of the Base Maint legends up in Lax I think you will find they are a diligent bunch. Better to have them up there doing the work than the SCABS just signing stuff off. I can't imagine them having the available resources etc.
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If they are 100% committed to the cause what are they doing there in the first place, they all went up during negotiations and one base sparky went up when PIA started. All this and air nair said he would send people to Aus to help management during PIA. I am sure a lot of people who do some o/t would love the day shift allowances. If they are behind us then they should tell management they have family issues and need to come home. No ifs or buts they along with the cns scum are prolonging this dispute!
If they are 100% committed to the cause what are they doing there in the first place, they all went up during negotiations and one base sparky went up when PIA started. All this and air nair said he would send people to Aus to help management during PIA. I am sure a lot of people who do some o/t would love the day shift allowances. If they are behind us then they should tell management they have family issues and need to come home. No ifs or buts they along with the cns scum are prolonging this dispute!
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Don't tell me he is going to come out of this a hero???
Woes could still turn up trumps
Ian Verrender
June 10, 2008
The Pacific route is a rare asset in the airline business these days; a highly profitable near-monopoly. If Dixon could get the unions to come along for the ride, he could manipulate the present fuel crisis to Qantas's advantage.
Domestically, Australia has only ever really needed 1½ airlines. Ansett, Compass I and II, and East West all fell by the wayside. If oil prices keep rising, Virgin Blue could well be the next casualty. Even if it survives, its activities will be severely curtailed. Guess who that will benefit? Geoff Dixon may still go out on a high.
Ian Verrender
June 10, 2008
The Pacific route is a rare asset in the airline business these days; a highly profitable near-monopoly. If Dixon could get the unions to come along for the ride, he could manipulate the present fuel crisis to Qantas's advantage.
Domestically, Australia has only ever really needed 1½ airlines. Ansett, Compass I and II, and East West all fell by the wayside. If oil prices keep rising, Virgin Blue could well be the next casualty. Even if it survives, its activities will be severely curtailed. Guess who that will benefit? Geoff Dixon may still go out on a high.
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Management?
"Leaders have a significant role in creating the state of mind that is the society. Most important, they can conceive and articulate the goals that lift people out of their petty preoccupations, carry them above the conflicts that tear a society apart, and unite them in pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts". - John W. Gardner
As read from page 8, 'What is leadership', in QE's leadership manual. Failed on all counts!
As read from page 8, 'What is leadership', in QE's leadership manual. Failed on all counts!
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A few of us ALAEA officials went to try out the Amazing People camps at the invitation of management. I thought they were quite good and yes, we did learn something.
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Amazing Content
So much merit, yet so little delivery. So much hope, yet so much dispair. So much truth, yet so many lies. So much pride, yet so little morality. Like a hollow log, inhabited by snakes. Its only when the fallen tree is viewed by its end, does the rotten reality hit home. Then the rains came!
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LAX Posting
Apparently several avionics type people were rung today and asked if they wished to go to LAX for an unspecified period for unspecified reasons.
Unfortunately all were unavailable to do the mission.
However one of the newly appointed ops managers was seen walking in with toolbox. Luckily he was rumoured to have resigned from the union, pending executive meeting of course.
Thanks for your help CY.
N
Unfortunately all were unavailable to do the mission.
However one of the newly appointed ops managers was seen walking in with toolbox. Luckily he was rumoured to have resigned from the union, pending executive meeting of course.
Thanks for your help CY.
N
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