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I'm Sure Gh Will Do A Better Job Than The Previous Incompetent.i Hope He Has The Acumen To Run This Business The Way It Should Be Run And Rebuild All The Broken Bridges..but Will Someone, Please Please Tell Me Why We Still Have That Bungling E.g.m Still In Charge????..if He Continues To Be The Public Face Of Engineering Then God Help Us All!!
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GH the GGM of LINE MAINT OPERATIONS. 
...... does this mean the end of this ACS SIO SDO crap....
Does this mean the end of TG as well???
At last some movement in the right direction.... hope the momentum continues
...... does this mean the end of this ACS SIO SDO crap....Does this mean the end of TG as well???
At last some movement in the right direction.... hope the momentum continues
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G... will take on the new position of Group General Manager Line Maintenance Operation
Seemed to struggle with face to face managing so perhaps putting him behind a desk is best for his career. Good luck to him. It's a big change from the days when he would be MIA on Saturday afternoons at Base Maintenace while he played cricket and others on his crew covered for him. Doubt his recall will remember those times as he slips on another pair of 'buggery boots'..the first pair have worn out.
Lets just hope we can turn this estranged relationship around before divorce becomes the only resolve.
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Why not wish GH well in his new job?
Maybe he can now make some real decisions,
decisions that will better our lot in line maintenance.
Blind freddy could see his hands were tied as the macsqld.
With his namesake gone, it gives everyone something to hope for.
Maybe he can now make some real decisions,
decisions that will better our lot in line maintenance.
Blind freddy could see his hands were tied as the macsqld.
With his namesake gone, it gives everyone something to hope for.
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"Why not wish GH well in his new job?
Maybe he can now make some real decisions,
decisions that will better our lot in line maintenance.
Blind freddy could see his hands were tied as the macsqld.
With his namesake gone, it gives everyone something to hope for."
DIV 1 you had a lot of good things to say during the EBA dispute but this is pure dribble
A LAME for five mins, a manager for ten and now hes gonna save us, damn me, have you lost the plot ? Blk P has it right another Cox yes man couldn't stand up for the truth then and now will do even less, expect the same **** ops managers, no man transit, no training and useless unaccountable racist bullying managers
"Hey Paul, is it one lantern or two ?"
Maybe he can now make some real decisions,
decisions that will better our lot in line maintenance.
Blind freddy could see his hands were tied as the macsqld.
With his namesake gone, it gives everyone something to hope for."
DIV 1 you had a lot of good things to say during the EBA dispute but this is pure dribble
A LAME for five mins, a manager for ten and now hes gonna save us, damn me, have you lost the plot ? Blk P has it right another Cox yes man couldn't stand up for the truth then and now will do even less, expect the same **** ops managers, no man transit, no training and useless unaccountable racist bullying managers
"Hey Paul, is it one lantern or two ?"
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mmmmm a Harris for a Harris.............time will tell 
I would have thought Cox would have learnt by his mistakes though and gone through a rigorous interview program before appointing anyone permanently, this still has the stink of Nepotism I'm afraid
I would have thought Cox would have learnt by his mistakes though and gone through a rigorous interview program before appointing anyone permanently, this still has the stink of Nepotism I'm afraid
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Mr Fixit, I think you meant:
Mathew 5:38
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
Qantas 09:08
Ye have heard that it hath been said, A Harris for a Harris, and a Cox for a Cock.
Mathew 5:38
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
Qantas 09:08
Ye have heard that it hath been said, A Harris for a Harris, and a Cox for a Cock.
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Sorry if its already been posted,
Lyell Strambi joins a revamped Qantas team | The Australian
Thoughts?
Lyell Strambi joins a revamped Qantas team | The Australian
Thoughts?
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thanks.
We won an EBA battle we have a scalp (we assume so anyway) of one of the architects so I just reckon we get on with the job , & make the most of life.
Steve Purvinas
was never going to be given an executive job
so no matter who gets it some of us will whinge and moan about how useless he /she /is /was/ will /always has been.
Time will tell and I keep an open mind to the change.Costs me nothing.
We won an EBA battle we have a scalp (we assume so anyway) of one of the architects so I just reckon we get on with the job , & make the most of life.
Steve Purvinas
was never going to be given an executive job so no matter who gets it some of us will whinge and moan about how useless he /she /is /was/ will /always has been.Time will tell and I keep an open mind to the change.Costs me nothing.
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1500 LAMEs had been telling the airline for nearly five years that we were heading in the wrong direction. Yet they allowed QE to fall in a heap, to the cost of millions upon millions of $ .. and what has been the NET gain .. that's right, zip.
Gavin and David, speaking on behalf of 1500 LAMEs .. You both have a great responsibility ... don't f#%k it up. There is no more eloquent way to say it.
Gavin and David, speaking on behalf of 1500 LAMEs .. You both have a great responsibility ... don't f#%k it up. There is no more eloquent way to say it.
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Guys seriously.....
I'm sorry to say that having seen,and worked for Gavin, I think that not much is going to change.The way he has let the 2 DMM's in Club Pinapple FNQ run unchecked,with huge o/t bills,bullying,chronyism(promoting the useless spineless ass kissers),and the usual idiotic decisions. I don't think that its going to change the spots on the leopard.Talk to the guys in Bris and see if they think its a good move.
So long off the coal face,he forgets what its like down the mine!!
time will tell.
I'm sorry to say that having seen,and worked for Gavin, I think that not much is going to change.The way he has let the 2 DMM's in Club Pinapple FNQ run unchecked,with huge o/t bills,bullying,chronyism(promoting the useless spineless ass kissers),and the usual idiotic decisions. I don't think that its going to change the spots on the leopard.Talk to the guys in Bris and see if they think its a good move.
So long off the coal face,he forgets what its like down the mine!!
time will tell.
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Lets give him a go, we shouldn't judge straight away. He knows what will happen if he upsets the LAME workforce, just look at what happened M. EBA up in 2 years so the way i see it if he does well and we are in a good mood than the EBA will get through with little fuss, if he follows M's path we won't wait 3-4 years we will protest vote and another head will roll.
It's always spoken, " these managers come and go but we will always remain" so i suggest work with us, embrace us, and your life will be easy. Challenge us, provoke us, and you will end up like M. I know G reads these sites so think about the past and correct them for the future. You will only get 2 years so do the right thing.................................................
It's always spoken, " these managers come and go but we will always remain" so i suggest work with us, embrace us, and your life will be easy. Challenge us, provoke us, and you will end up like M. I know G reads these sites so think about the past and correct them for the future. You will only get 2 years so do the right thing.................................................
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He knows what will happen if he upsets the LAME workforce
They will try to fragment us - just like the pilots, the flt attendants, the caterers and the cargo loaders.
They will use the AMSAs, John Hollands, IASAs, ALGs, Forstaffs, MAS and of course Air Nair and probably a few others to ensure we never wield the same monopolising power we showed in our recent campaign.
But, of course, they could simply begin developing that collapsed 'bridge of trust' and engage the very competent workforce they already have ... Wait, that just sounds too reasonable!
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Qantas move to put air scares behind it | The Australian
What it should say is
"Qantas's PR problems began on July 25, when an explosion ripped a hole in the fuselage of one of its 747s flying from Hong Kong to Melbourne. The hole in the side of the plane forced an emergency landing in Manila."
As I recall there was an aborted take off at LAX earlier that year, there was a QF jet land in Adelaide with a cracked window, and maybe a few minor things (I cant remember, so I'm not going to make something up)
(Also just my opinion I'm fairly sure that if they were serious about this they would move maintence back to Australia)
Qantas's problems began on July 25, when an explosion ripped a hole in the fuselage of one of its 747s flying from Hong Kong to Melbourne. The hole in the side of the plane forced an emergency landing in Manila.
"Qantas's PR problems began on July 25, when an explosion ripped a hole in the fuselage of one of its 747s flying from Hong Kong to Melbourne. The hole in the side of the plane forced an emergency landing in Manila."
As I recall there was an aborted take off at LAX earlier that year, there was a QF jet land in Adelaide with a cracked window, and maybe a few minor things (I cant remember, so I'm not going to make something up)
(Also just my opinion
I'm fairly sure that if they were serious about this they would move maintence back to Australia)
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Make no mistake, they are serious.Not about the quality tho its about the $.Its called risk management.The risk has been taken they just haven't learnt to manage it yet.
Make no mistake, they are serious.Not about the quality tho its about the $.Its called risk management.The risk has been taken they just haven't learnt to manage it yet.
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Pity they cant go back to the older days, where in maintence if a doller needed to be spent, it was done, and there were no questions about it...
(I belive others were discussing that recently)
(I belive others were discussing that recently)
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Qantas 'not meeting own safety standard' | NEWS.com.au
Mr Clifford. It is a two way street. As an engineer, I have seen the rapid decline in management support of engineering over the last five to seven years. We are being expected to do more, with less for less. Constant obstructions in the form of overly complicated and often unworkable procedures implemented by management that are out of touch are one of the main problems we face. Blaming the delays on engineers is buck passing. They were simply following the procedures that your managers had implemented.
Want efficiencies? Remove the layers and layers of management that do little but hider our efforts and start supporting the working staff. I'd suspect this applies to all areas, not just engineering.
"He also warned unions they needed to ensure the airline remained competitive, and how they responded to that challenge would determine how much work went offshore".
Want efficiencies? Remove the layers and layers of management that do little but hider our efforts and start supporting the working staff. I'd suspect this applies to all areas, not just engineering.
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He also warned unions they needed to ensure the airline remained competitive, and how they responded to that challenge would determine how much work went offshore.
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But he conceded that Qantas needed to be more active in rebutting claims of safety problems.
It's hopeless.