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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

16th Dec 2019, 05:38

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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As Geoffrey Dixon ordered the aircraft and Little...

As Geoffrey Dixon ordered the aircraft and Little Napoleon is yet to order his first, "corporate knowledge" being what it is, there is likely nobody who knew they needed spares and support.
Give...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

14th Dec 2019, 01:24

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Suffice to say, Mr Ferguson won't be attending...

Suffice to say, Mr Ferguson won't be attending selected analyst briefings nor receiving a Christmas card.

He joins the International Council of Clean Transportation and fund manager Mr Roger...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

13th Dec 2019, 03:30

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Hold the press, the calendar year ends with not...

Hold the press, the calendar year ends with not an order, a commitment or anything else...

Just column inches for the scrap book and something for Little Napoleon's new favourite to publish,...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

9th Dec 2019, 05:14

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Seems Dear Carla learned a thing or two gouging...

Seems Dear Carla learned a thing or two gouging from the Qantas trough.
Little Napoleon is a furlong ahead in the all reward zero risk stakes...
With the self imposed deadline rapidly approaching,...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

22nd Nov 2019, 20:14

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With the Dubai airshow complete and a self...

With the Dubai airshow complete and a self imposed deadline, will Little Napoleon and the carpet baggers at Qantas be revealed as the mystery shopper of new jets?

Might make a mockery of the...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

19th Nov 2019, 09:54

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This is precisely the problem: ZERO strategic...

This is precisely the problem: ZERO strategic ability.

139 pages of rubbish.
Qantas may take lots of plastic off their aircraft, but the stark reality remains abundantly clear: Their fleet is...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

16th Nov 2019, 07:40

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Given Little Napoleon claimed to have made the...

Given Little Napoleon claimed to have made the decision all by himself on 29 October 2011, this ought be in his purview too,
His omnipotence is known to all.

It remains an interesting study into...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

11th Nov 2019, 06:16

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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It is crap, just like terminal decline, RedQ, JQ...

It is crap, just like terminal decline, RedQ, JQ HK, JQ NZ, moving to Dubai then back to Singapore, Game changing alliances and "first" LN 615 "Dreamliners" when JQ have a fleet of them. It is crap...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

11th Nov 2019, 00:09

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Thanks Patrick Hatch, First class all the way...

Thanks Patrick, your Chairman’s lounge access is finalised.

It has been a hell of a week.Fresh of the “research flight” you shovelled out some well-timed articles, with a crescendo of anti-staff...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

6th Nov 2019, 09:31

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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A whole complete aircraft! So Little...

A whole complete aircraft!

So Little Napoleon needs a new fleet.
Who would have thought it.
They are also heavy back office staff, what an amazing revelation.

A proposed cap ex of...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

3rd Nov 2019, 04:39

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Fair point. Hypothetically, even if Little...

Fair point.

Hypothetically, even if Little Napoleon breaks away from his marital bliss and "cuts" a deal any new type he has admitted is at least four years away.
In four years, the fleet...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

1st Nov 2019, 19:47

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The pilot costs/considerations of any fleet...

The pilot costs/considerations of any fleet decision are literally a side note in their big spread sheet.

Any business case requiring concessions from flight/cabin crew to "stack up" is by...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

1st Nov 2019, 09:22

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Does the quoted amount include all benefits and...

Does the quoted amount include all benefits and pensions?

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

1st Nov 2019, 08:39

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a business case thin on business...

So a self imposed deadline looms.
Accordingly Fort Fumble mouth that it is pilot cost the stumbling block.
Thank you to the Qantas folk supplying this information.

If the business case...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

1st Nov 2019, 02:08

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Many of the others that continued flying either...

Many of the others that continued flying either had different power-plant or had the modification (Trent 900) to the oil feed pipe already undertaken.
As Qantas had surrendered engineering authority...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

1st Nov 2019, 01:25

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Having already tried to turn the FF business into...

Having already tried to turn the FF business into groceries Fort Fumble need a fleet for the "value" of Frequent Flyer" to be anymore than a mailing list.

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

31st Oct 2019, 09:06

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Vibrant and diverse. Busy planning the...

Vibrant and diverse.

Busy planning the nuptials, Little Napoleon had Chief Patsy Snook stand in. Reading from a prepared script, he said a grounding was irresponsible, neglecting that in 2011 it...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

30th Oct 2019, 22:53

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Qantas urged to ground all of its 737s after...

Qantas urged to ground all of its 737s after second aircraft crack discovered

Well, Well, well, maybe fort fumble needs some more "research flights"

With the fix for this being rather...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

30th Oct 2019, 12:00

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Oh dear, how does the domestic ASK count look...

Oh dear, how does the domestic ASK count look like with a few airframes grounded..

One might posit they need a new fleet..
...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

30th Oct 2019, 11:58

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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That the toilets are big, rather depends on the...

That the toilets are big, rather depends on the stature of the person...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

23rd Oct 2019, 01:29

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See what happens when you have fleet...

Once again Fort Fumble, lacking fleet capacity and strategy drift ever closer to the lee shore. Little Napoleon resplendent in his dress uniform, stands proudly on the poop deck holding the tiller of...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

15th Oct 2019, 12:03

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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That an airline generates operating revenue from...

That an airline generates operating revenue from flying RTK from A to B ought to be self-evident.Doing so efficiently ought to mean that the cost to the shareholder and indeed the environment is...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

13th Oct 2019, 11:35

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Brilliant!

Brilliant!

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

11th Oct 2019, 05:16

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Some sort of record, so much "looking" over...

Some sort of record, so much "looking" over twelve years and yet not a solitary order.
Other airline management simply scratches its head and gets on with it.

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

15th Sep 2019, 22:54

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Yes, that is precisely how they think. ...

Yes, that is precisely how they think.
Underneath much of the "corporate administration" of airlines is envy.

Having said that, labour unit cost is low hanging fruit. Rather easy.
It actually...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

15th Sep 2019, 03:08

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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"As Alan told the market at our financial...

"As Alan told the market at our financial results, we can only proceed if the business case stacks up. These aircraft represent a large amount of shareholder money and we need to have confidence...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

15th Aug 2019, 08:36

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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In the cold light of reality, far away from Fort...

In the cold light of reality, far away from Fort Fumble press releases, fanciful infomercial articles and TV appearances, project names and secret teams, what Qantas actually will have to do, is...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

15th Aug 2019, 05:31

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Imagine the joy when Little Napoleon wrote to...

Imagine the joy when Little Napoleon wrote to Boeing about his ambitious plans for up to a dozen aircraft.
Given it is contract season for pilots and the daily rags have featured puff pieces about...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

9th Aug 2019, 06:13

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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That sums it up. The regulator had a little...

That sums it up.
The regulator had a little conference back in May, discussing what the likely member state responses might be..
A per passenger tax isn't a concern, but taxes levied in other ways...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

9th Aug 2019, 02:58

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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The ICAO ETS is only on International services....

The ICAO ETS is only on International services. CORSIA requires as of CY2019 airlines report pollution metrics. Member states can set their own ETS for domestic operations. This has been done in...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

8th Aug 2019, 08:45

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Little Napoleon is worried...Airlines might...

Little Napoleon is worried...Airlines might actually have taxes levied for pollution.
...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

6th Aug 2019, 21:35

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By Rated De

Here Little Napoleon. In the big world of...

Here Little Napoleon.
In the big world of aviation, Airline CEOs spend their time on fleet economics, not social discourse.
Perhaps you could call up an airline CEO like Air France-KLM CEO Ben...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

2nd Aug 2019, 03:13

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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That is a fantastic question given the...

That is a fantastic question given the "confronting loss" in FY15. Over $2.6 billion of the "loss" was accounting loss as the long haul fleet was "impaired". What this means is that the "judgement"...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

31st Jul 2019, 20:35

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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With the good folk at Boeing busy buying...

With the good folk at Boeing busy buying re-certification for the MAX and delaying the 777X, just who will Little Napoleon blame this time?
Ipso facto, these problems ought mean the order book at...

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

30th Jul 2019, 07:51

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So you need a new fleet Leigh?

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Posted By Rated De

Yes but to Fort Fumble, the business case...

Yes but to Fort Fumble, the business case necessitates it flying all the way around the world, burning half the fuel of current options and carries 400 passengers, with robots who willingly work 24...

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