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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Jan 2020, 20:07
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

The entire Jetstar experiment likely commenced as...

The entire Jetstar experiment likely commenced as a sales pitch from "hollywood white" teethed US consultants. The Boston Consulting Group's Bruce Henderson pitched the Growth Share Matrix to...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Jan 2020, 07:16
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

From a strategy perspective with both QF and JQ...

From a strategy perspective with both QF and JQ pilots off contract engaged in endless "negotiating" undertaking work stoppages represents a real chance for pilots to envelop the company.
Both sets...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
4th Jan 2020, 06:57
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

The origins of 3%

A quick bit of economic history.In the 1980’s a shadowy figure, a former Union thug presented as a lovable larrikin; Prime Minister. The head of the union movement at the time, Bill Kelty and he,...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
3rd Jan 2020, 19:21
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Unfortunately, Low Fare Airlines are low margin...

Unfortunately, Low Fare Airlines are low margin businesses.
What T-Vasis is referring to is simply economics. The type of passenger inclined to purchase Jetstar flights is (very) price sensitive....
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
3rd Jan 2020, 07:43
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

In complete agreement. Whilst gracing these...

In complete agreement.
Whilst gracing these pages are the usual mix of pilot types, there are some very interesting contributors.
The problems that Jetstar face are not dissimilar to many low fare...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Jan 2020, 22:13
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Given the complete opaqueness afforded Fort...

Given the complete opaqueness afforded Fort Fumble under the lax accounting standards it is almost impossible to quantify exclamations made by over zealous management about JQ and its alleged...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
31st Dec 2019, 22:28
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

As a point of interest, wasn't Qantas "terminal"...

As a point of interest, wasn't Qantas "terminal" and "transformed" by the same airline Super Executive management team, using the same aircraft, same staff and same contracts..
The future is...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
28th Dec 2019, 19:54
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Precisely. Soft Corruption works a treat. The...

Precisely.
Soft Corruption works a treat.
The heads of ASIC, APRA, ACCC et al are all likely members on the non disclosed, non discussed, non audited example of Australian corruption.

The only...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Dec 2019, 07:14
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

And the abstract is titled: Spare No expense...

And the abstract is titled:

Spare No expense to save labour cost, or picking up pennies in front of steam rollers..
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
16th Dec 2019, 22:55
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Unfortunately, as Jetstar has had an incredibly...

Unfortunately, as Jetstar has had an incredibly rapid expansion, it is difficult for many of the pilots there to understand the broader macro narrative at play here.

Steady declines in...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
16th Dec 2019, 19:43
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

The restructure cicra 2009 cost Qantas a lot of...

The restructure cicra 2009 cost Qantas a lot of money. A token resident "majority" owner in Singapore, yet all invoices lead to Coward Street.

Over a decade of no tangible profit, other than some...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
16th Dec 2019, 09:31
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

That is comical genius...

That is comical genius...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
16th Dec 2019, 00:58
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Sure thing Gareth, how about you show everybody...

Sure thing Gareth, how about you show everybody the preferential interest.
Selling what you don't own is a felony.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
14th Dec 2019, 10:15
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

The trick is not to actually consider duty hours,...

The trick is not to actually consider duty hours, just look at paid flight hours..
Thus, theoretically, pick 80 hours per month (it suits rubbery figures) pilots do "20 hours a week" then a little...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
14th Dec 2019, 07:32
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Add up the 12 biggest earners in QF and JQ. The...

Add up the 12 biggest earners in QF and JQ.
The likes of the largess on display is not readily replicated.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Dec 2019, 23:57
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

An important revelation. No one could have...

An important revelation.

No one could have predicted that a Red Tie was an "economic weapon of mass destruction"
Expect to see a sneaky amendment to FWA explicitly forbidding red ties.
It seems...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Dec 2019, 22:43
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Of course, but doing so would penalise those who,...

Of course, but doing so would penalise those who, in an airline who spend their waking hour making tensions, complexity and generally upsetting everyone.
IR is the only "growth" area in Little...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
9th Dec 2019, 05:16
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Will Little Napoleon call the pilots kamikaze and...

Will Little Napoleon call the pilots kamikaze and promptly claim Jetstar in "terminal decline"?
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Dec 2019, 04:59
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Precisely. They already pulled out the...

Precisely.

They already pulled out the Ryanair trick of the "impact your action will have on our customers"
Same playbook.

Mr Evans has to cycle through the stages yet: Anger, denial,...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
6th Dec 2019, 09:50
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

What manufactured crisis can Fort Fumble...

What manufactured crisis can Fort Fumble generate?

First class travel, kamikaze and massages...
With zero wage growth and an explosion of personal debt, people broadly are tapped out.
Robber...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Nov 2019, 09:29
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Real wages falling in western economies is not an...

Real wages falling in western economies is not an accident.

Fair Work is fair in name only..

Kabuki theatre the lot of it.
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
15th Nov 2019, 05:03
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

QF are heavy in non-operational staff. What...

QF are heavy in non-operational staff.
What better way to build an empire of adoring subjects, with whom to wave at from the balcony that "invest" heavily in non-revenue generating staff.

The...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
15th Nov 2019, 04:41
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Not having seen the intended deal yet, perhaps...

Not having seen the intended deal yet, perhaps BALPA would be the best judge of which element of ancient Chinese military strategy applies.
The BA pilots themselves will either reject or accept the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
14th Nov 2019, 08:27
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Every Battle is won before it is ever fought. ...

Every Battle is won before it is ever fought.

- Sun Tzu

The media and established power structures including employment relations are heavily slanted one way. It sure isn't the way of the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
14th Nov 2019, 04:55
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Qantas IR is a huge empire. Creating conflict and...

Qantas IR is a huge empire. Creating conflict and dissent, pitting people against each other.

They will spare no expense to prove a point industrial. Economics, logic and common sense won't sway...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Nov 2019, 21:38
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

So is it the case that AIPA will survey AFTER...

So is it the case that AIPA will survey AFTER months of "negotiation"? What was talked about for months on end?
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Nov 2019, 09:41
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

It is actually a little from column A and a...

It is actually a little from column A and a little from column B.
Low Fare Airlines whilst a real alternative (like SWA) actually didn't, despite the lack of grandfathering, government ownership or...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Nov 2019, 05:20
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

What an unwelcome development. Resplendent in...

What an unwelcome development.
Resplendent in wedded bliss, the region's most highly remunerated airline executive nearly choked on a sausage, at breakfast time.

Options on the table include:

...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Jul 2019, 21:00
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Precisely. Surveys don't matter. Nodding...

Precisely.

Surveys don't matter. Nodding heads will feign their interest as long as it takes to sign a supply contract. That contract will align supply chains with cabin crew and ground crew to...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Jul 2019, 12:45
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Quite correct. The playbook involves using...

Quite correct.

The playbook involves using contractors and outsourcing. Then of course drag out "negotiation" until the economic cycle rolls over and then begin in earnest the scare campaign.
...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
14th Jul 2019, 09:02
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Given Little Napoleon's 'risk case' for the...

Given Little Napoleon's 'risk case' for the immediate grounding of Qantas in 2011 was in-fact the human factor risks, pilots ought have done exactly that; taken a break for at least a week as the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
14th Jul 2019, 00:36
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

Wash, rinse, repeat. Yet in many other...

Wash, rinse, repeat.

Yet in many other countries pilots are proving the omnipotent IR framework is vulnerable to changing the narrative of 'negotiation'
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Jul 2019, 06:22
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

That is interesting. It would be an interesting...

That is interesting.
It would be an interesting day in court for that to be deemed appropriate and not punitive.
Your wider points highlight a problem of the 'system namely there is no risk or...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Jul 2019, 06:36
Replies: 1,071
Views: 679,292
Posted By Rated De

The negotiating strategy is always to delay until...

The negotiating strategy is always to delay until such time as there is sufficient 'back payment' and a correspondingly weaker economy with which to drive through desired change, with a little fear,...
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