flying dog Posted August 21, 2011 Posted August 21, 2011 It was 06:00 and I just got in from LA. A bit of sleep but I wasn't paying too much attention. We landed on 07 at YSSY, so taxiing back to the international terminal we went past all the planes on the ground at the EAST end of the airport. I noticed a QANTAS plane - d'uh! - but noticed the rego: ZK - xxx Definitly NOT VH - xxx Ok, maybe it wasn't ZK, but it definitly wasn't VH. What gives? How? Why? Just asking.
winsor68 Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 ZK is kiwi registration. Looks the same... smells the same... lol You saw a JetConnect Flight... Its the airline formerly known as Qantas.
Wayne T Mathews Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 Looks the same... smells the same... lolYou saw a JetConnect Flight... Its the airline formerly known as Qantas. Now that is kool (not). Erebus, here we kuum.
flying dog Posted August 22, 2011 Author Posted August 22, 2011 So shouldn't it be an "air Neu Zulnd" plane and not QANTAS?
Gnarly Gnu Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 Well the reality is they outsource, of course, in order to avoid bankruptcy brought on by excessive government regulation and unrealistic union demands. It would certainly be much preferable if they didn't.... but that would require an adjustment of the regulations and the union demands. This doesn't appear likely any time soon so they outsource.
fly_tornado Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 regulations and unions don't excuse the poor level of service.
eightyknots Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 regulations and unions don't excuse the poor level of service. I fly across the Tasman Sea regularly and I think that the level of service on the Qantas/Jet Connect planes are similar to other Qantas flights elsewhere. Sadly, the service is simply not as good as Ear NuZeeland. If Qantas wants to lift their game, their marketing people will have to catch a few flights with Air New Zealand to see how it is done.
ben87r Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 Love how no one mentions that you can now fly from cairns to sydney for a quarter of the price of 6-7 years ago (like many many other destinations), but blame them for trying to keep their company alive, we would all like to keep all qantas jobs "onshore" but are we willing to pay for the service, isnt this how the discount airlines entered the market in the first place???
fly_tornado Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 The problem with keeping jobs "onshore" is that it invariably means the tax payer paying for poor management, bad decisions and management screwing the workforce. If they where serious about keeping qantas competitive they shouldn't have privatised the airports.
Guest Jake.f Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 If the majority of the public knew that almost all of their NZ flights were in ZK registered planes, crewed by Jetconnect staff payed less than their aussie equivalents, I highly doubt that many people would choose to fly with them... A very sneaky practice this is...
winsor68 Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 Well the reality is they outsource, of course, in order to avoid bankruptcy brought on by excessive government regulation and unrealistic union demands. This really gets my goat... you guys need to walk a mile in my shoes...I work in the industry in an "outsourced" Port (thank God not for QF)... Government regulation and unrealistic Union demands??? Are you kidding? This was bought on by bad management and economic greed in the WHOLE airline industry (and many others besides).
winsor68 Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 Its people like me and my family who are paying for your cheap airfares every day when I work... Wanna know what my typical roster is? Tues Off Wed Off Thurs 0500 start 1930 finish Friday 0500 start 1930 finish Saturday 0500 start 1730 finish Sunday 0500 start 1930 finish Monday 0500 start 1930 finish.. I haven't had a weekends off for 6 years... I haven't had a payrise for 6 years... I earn half of what my predecessors earned before the collapse of Ansett... (ironically its these same people who are running these business' these days)... and I am casual. To blame it on Unions!!!!! I would give my right Testicle to have a Union to represent me... but in the outsourced industry talk of joining a Union is a sure fire way to have your hours cut... Walk a day in my shoes... ha!
Ultralights Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 Qantas going broke? according to their CEO, and past CEO's Qantas has been going broke for over a decade now... and about to announce a $500 Million profit this year.... yeah, their going broke.... :csm: ( i remember taking a Pay freeze in 2001 to save the company, only to see 1 man walk away with 1/4 of the companies profits in a bonus! not happy)
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