qantas grounded :twisted:

quadfin · Post by **quadfin** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:27 pm

geo wrote:most airlines in the US have screwed the employees since 911
using that as a way to go about it.
United hired a new ceo in 2003 giving him a 3 million signing bonus.
he lead UAL into bankruptcy with in 3 months,
workers take pay cuts lose benefits and pensions cut by 2/3 s!
the big boys keep getting theirs!
yes I am a bitter former UAL employee.
Best of luck with the out come with Qantas

Not happy to see Texas Airline Continental merge and move to UAL headquarters in Chicago.

geo · Post by **geo** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:42 am

quadfin I believe it is the other way around , from talking to friends still at UAL payroll now comes from Houston .most employees at UAL have been with out a contract for almost 2 years. Still working at the wages that were cut when UAL went bankrupt in 2003 which is approximately 1994 wages.

wanderer · Post by **wanderer** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 4:48 pm

well qantas is back in the air with 21 days to sort out its union /company problems but as yet no one is going to budge
but its safe to book & fly as the government will not allow any strikes or groundings so its safe till after christmas
there is still no surf on the sunshine coast

i might have to go to the dark side & use a sup to run over some shark biscuits /eskey lids/boogers/ bodyboarders

as there is no one else in the water
only kidding

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:34 am

a SUP !!!
NOOOooooooo !!!!

bdwqld · Post by **bdwqld** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:56 pm

Kev wrote:a SUP !!!
NOOOooooooo !!!!

I could be worse ..... A Goat Boat

C.P.Odom · Post by **C.P.Odom** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 5:35 am

Maybe Australia can be the first to lead the world against letting corporations commit national suicide. There seems to be no stopping it here in the States.

Mike Fernandez · Post by **Mike Fernandez** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 5:51 am

Sorry to hear that Wanderer, you guys need to sack that guy. Quantas is a great airline, no crashes, etc...
This guy sounds like he is going to ruin morale. Next thing you know, he will introduce surfboard charges.

Maybe you guys need some "Occupy" protests over there, make life a little harder for some. I read a story the other day about how the ceo's, and Wallstreet types are complaining the "Occupy" protests present a "quality of life issue" because they are making it hard to walk around downtown.

It's a PROTEST

it's suppose to makes things difficult.

analbirth · Post by **analbirth** » Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:28 pm

it was only 15mil a day they were loosing not 250, they only made a nett profit of 500mil last year, it was a tough year, poor baby's, by the time they pay for an add campaign to win back their lost market share it will have cost them around 100mil. This would have well and truely paid for the unions demands and then some, but it wouldn't have achieved their main objective.
Killing Qantas in Australia.
Mike the record qantas has is more good luck than good management.
We also have occupy protests happening here as well, i thought Joh was back in charge last night on the news when the coppers were dragging off hippie types daring to protest peacefully in a park in Brisbane. Talk about acid flashbacks

jdc · Post by **jdc** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:37 am

when the Oz gov privatised the company it no longer stood for things Oz.

That is if things "Oz" do not promote capitilism and the market as lifes regulators

But if things "Oz" are "NOT" market driven how did Howard remain Pm for10 years.

if its all about the economy (stupid) then why do australians want to vote the current goverment out... things are pretty rosie here on the whole! The eonomy is god...er good (opps freudin slip)

this whole saga continues the disconnect between what people want, understand and perceive of in terms of indentity and belief...pity the media and political spin drives most people thinking...and lovely adds of children singing about australia being home.

Allan Joyce from the capitilist point of view (the seemingly predominant social political view...based on state goverments and polling trends federally) is doing a stirling job...or vote greens or something

lest we are not like the greeks who might vote themselves outa the euro (yet the place is broke and relies on france and germany) and we dont have to suffer a "tea party"...yet

womble · Post by **womble** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:47 am

NEWS FLASH

The country we live in has a capitalistic market driven economy girt by sea.

Things were pretty damned good during the Howard led liberal era ... and rather poignantly it was that government who laid the foundations and supplied the budget surplus that carried this country through the GFC ... not drain swan and the stinky ranga.

And yes ... no tea party ... its more like the lunatics are having a drunken orgy and the mad monk wants to gate crash the party in his budgie smugglers.

Opinions and arseholes ... yep ... everyone has one.

jdc · Post by **jdc** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:54 am

womble wrote:
Things were pretty damned good during the Howard led liberal era

its more like the lunatics are having a drunken orgy and the mad monk wants to gate crash the party in his budgie smugglers.

Opinions and arseholes ... yep ... everyone has one.

only good during howard time if you like pork at tax time!

Terrible if you like to hold you head up high as a solid global citizen!!

by the way...which goverment planted the land full of mineral resource?

a mad monk and ranga...does that mean womble, Bobs your man? or ya gotta another option...refloat Jonny

and yes womble, opinions are good....or no one would post

And ".....if ya dont eat ya dont shite and if ya dont shite ya die..." so arseholes are good too

(seen the movie read the book..now thats australian, maaaaate)

analbirth · Post by **analbirth** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:21 pm

it's on again so i'm going fishing cause there's no fkn waves

womble · Post by **womble** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:33 pm

jdc wrote:
womble wrote:
Things were pretty damned good during the Howard led liberal era

its more like the lunatics are having a drunken orgy and the mad monk wants to gate crash the party in his budgie smugglers.

Opinions and arseholes ... yep ... everyone has one.

only good during howard time if you like pork at tax time!

Terrible if you like to hold you head up high as a solid global citizen!!

by the way...which goverment planted the land full of mineral resource?

a mad monk and ranga...does that mean womble, Bobs your man? or ya gotta another option...refloat Jonny

and yes womble, opinions are good....or no one would post

And ".....if ya dont eat ya dont shite and if ya dont shite ya die..." so arseholes are good too (seen the movie read the book..now thats australian, maaaaate)

HOOK ... LINE and SINKER ...

analbirth · Post by **analbirth** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:11 pm

no fkn waves and no fkn fish, looks like you did alright though womble

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:21 pm

jdc wrote: we dont have to suffer a "tea party"...yet

God forbid you ever have to suffer taxation with representation