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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

15th Jun 2019, 05:39

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

Ah of course. Qantas Domestic repeatedly...

Ah of course.

Qantas Domestic repeatedly outperformed Jetstar, (As did Frequent Flyer), but Jetstar ‘saved’ Qantas. Bah! Yield, who needs it?!

JQ has its place, but come on now.

Though...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

17th Apr 2019, 11:14

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Exactly. Maybe it’ll be Qantas, maybe not, but...

Exactly. Maybe it’ll be Qantas, maybe not, but someone will get some cheap aircraft out of this, that’s for sure.

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

17th Apr 2019, 04:46

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

So no one should buy anymore 737 max aircraft...

So no one should buy anymore 737 max aircraft ever again?

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

17th Apr 2019, 04:03

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

Yeah, there’s a fair chance Boeing would love to...

Yeah, there’s a fair chance Boeing would love to get a high profile legacy customer to place some orders so as to espouse confidence in the aircraft. Both for future orders and those already flying....

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

19th Jan 2019, 05:18

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

Ah, well that’s a relief. Just a little...

Ah, well that’s a relief.

Just a little gullible I suppose. Still, when this Nigerian Guy comes through with my lotto winnings I’ll be able to retire and I won’t need to worry about the future of...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

19th Jan 2019, 03:48

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

I may be a bit out of the loop here, but is this...

I may be a bit out of the loop here, but is this a serious name used by a multi billion dollar company, to label what should be a serious project? A project that will likely affect the livelihoods of...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

17th Jan 2019, 05:02

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

I was thinking that just keeping the fully crewed...

I was thinking that just keeping the fully crewed and depreciated 747-400s a bit longer might be an idea but I wouldn’t be unhappy with that either. :ok:

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

17th Jan 2019, 04:17

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

Is that a problem though? It’d just mean no 777s...

Is that a problem though? It’d just mean no 777s for Qf (again, and this time, ever), but the A350 seems to have proven itself pretty capable so far, as well as popular with pax. It also might solve...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

3rd Dec 2018, 00:43

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

Bad Buybacks...

Bad Buybacks (http://ritholtz.com/2018/11/bad-buybacks/)

Insert Qantas into this article, one can certainly see how it might fit.

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

27th Nov 2018, 04:26

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

You are right V-jet, The Australian Economy is...

You are right V-jet, The Australian Economy is stuffed. We are coming to the end of a dream run of growth (29 years or so now?) and what do we have to show for it? A decimated manufacturing base,...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

27th Nov 2018, 02:30

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-21...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-21/opec-s-worst-nightmare-the-permian-is-about-to-pump-a-lot-more

More moderate Oil prices may perhaps become a slightly unexpected fixture over...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

10th Jul 2018, 03:16

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

S&P were the first in the Investment Community to...

S&P were the first in the Investment Community to ‘Break Rank’ and express a bit of dissatisfaction in public, now another indicates concerns about Fleet replacement requirements, among other...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

15th Jun 2018, 05:26

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

That should come as absolutely no surprise. Fleet...

That should come as absolutely no surprise. Fleet pay and simplification of the award was always the aim, and once it got over the line, every future aircraft was going to be flown in line with those...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

13th May 2018, 06:47

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

I have little doubt this was the plan back when...

I have little doubt this was the plan back when the 380 was ordered, but do you reckon it still is?

I’m not sure I see it. The current direction for QF seems to be the pursuit of Yield premiums...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

12th May 2018, 08:08

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

Sure, but I thought the (Genex powered) 787 is...

Sure, but I thought the (Genex powered) 787 is FAA approved 330min ETOPs, so no different to the 777-8, just no QF approval as yet by CASA (which would be the same for the 777 anyhow...) Shouldn’t be...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

12th May 2018, 05:16

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

I don’t posses any performance charts / iPad app...

I don’t posses any performance charts / iPad app for the 787, but if anyone does, can it lift 236 bums plus crew and a maybe a bit of freight, fuel for a 11.5 odd hr sector (plus reserves obviously,...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

3rd May 2018, 11:21

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

I think this could be one of the reasons, if not...

I think this could be one of the reasons, if not THE reason, behind the proposal (or plan, thought bubble, etc etc, call it what you will) for Perth - Joburg.

6 747s a week replaced by, lets say 6...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

30th Apr 2018, 11:31

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

I understand that JQ Check and/or Training...

I understand that JQ Check and/or Training Captains have been on leave without pay at this entity from day one... so, correct. It wouldn’t surprise if it had been canvassed to allow other A320 rated...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

27th Apr 2018, 14:02

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

Ha. Tell us again how Virgin Australia’s model is...

Ha. Tell us again how Virgin Australia’s model is the shining example of what you spout! You know, that airline that is currently doing more flying with its own metal than anytime in its previous...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

15th Apr 2018, 04:23

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

Virgin, Not really the shining example of...

Virgin, Not really the shining example of financial success that would support your case.

If Qantas managements aim is to become little more than another ‘Flight Centre’, they should probably...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

15th Apr 2018, 02:30

Replies: 1,323

So you need a new fleet Leigh?

Views: 804,218

Posted By ExtraShot

We keep hearing about these ‘Virtual Airline’...

We keep hearing about these ‘Virtual Airline’ business models, but I can’t really think of one off hand. Where you might say codeshare, etc; all airlines use codeshare and the like to give its...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

16th Feb 2018, 06:47

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

A fairly direct ‘threat’ (if you will) was made...

A fairly direct ‘threat’ (if you will) was made the other day to Short Haul Pilots (who don’t fly the 787), that either the current issues are resolved, or a Request to the board to order more new...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

15th Feb 2018, 23:19

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

Nev, it’s not so much talk of financial disaster,...

Nev, it’s not so much talk of financial disaster, or the collapse of Qantas. But the foundations for that will start to appear if they try to navigate the next downturn with their current fleet.
...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

15th Feb 2018, 04:47

Replies: 1,323

So you need a new fleet Leigh?

Views: 804,218

Posted By ExtraShot

People have been saying what a GENIUS bunch the...

People have been saying what a GENIUS bunch the current management are due to the turn around... but us idiot Pilots and Engineers (and others) have been saying otherwise. Most of us have been...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

8th Feb 2018, 03:02

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

I don’t pretend to be an expert on the 321neo,...

I don’t pretend to be an expert on the 321neo, but I was reading something, somewhere, from Airbus the other week, that with a strengthened undercarriage being worked on, the 321LR supposedly will do...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

6th Feb 2018, 04:49

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By ExtraShot

Perhaps someone more 'in the know' with regards...

Perhaps someone more 'in the know' with regards to this topic could clarify, but I was of the understanding that these 787 Options were at such a good discount to List Prices the Qantas couldn't...

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