Who are you saying made inaccurate comments about a lounge in Perth? What are you talking about?

 

As far as your other comments go, I am just going to ignore you from now on.

JVW is right, I live under the Julimar STAR and we have truckloads of 777's overhead daily.

 

 

You kinda lost me with your appraisal of Qantas' CEO. Anyone who shuts down an airline and leaves his passengers in the lurch for days with NO communication over an industrial dispute is a moron. No coincidence that Qantas has fallen apart under his leadership. None of the workforce want him there, morale is non-existent.

 

 

I suggest that you set the lead and work for Chinese labour rates. We have families to feed.

 

You don't like Julia?

Another airline that apparently has no need for the 777? Lufthansa and Swiss, like mentioned its not the plane for everyone.

Another airline that apparently has no need for the 777? Lufthansa and Swiss, like mentioned its not the plane for everyone.

Swiss I understand, but Lufthansa? They need it! They fly everywhere.

Swiss I understand, but Lufthansa? They need it! They fly everywhere.

 

Have to disagree with you. They have the A330, A340, A380, and the 747. I think their long-haul fleet is more or less complete without the 777.

Have to disagree with you. They have the A330, A340, A380, and the 747. I think their long-haul fleet is more or less complete without the 777.

 

Yep they may need the high density seating the A<380 and 747 offers, which is why they bought both the 380 and the 748i and still took a pass on the 777. Swiss also does plenty of long haul flying and have upgraded the older model A340 cockpit but with them being highly pro Airbus, I don't seem them ordering any Boeing let alone the 777.

There's also a big difference between an airline needing an airplane, versus us wanting to see one in their respective colours.

The decision to buy airplanes, and which ones, is not one to be taken lightly, and it never is.

JVW is right, I live under the Julimar STAR and we have truckloads of 777's overhead daily.

 

 

You kinda lost me with your appraisal of Qantas' CEO. Anyone who shuts down an airline and leaves his passengers in the lurch for days with NO communication over an industrial dispute is a moron. No coincidence that Qantas has fallen apart under his leadership. None of the workforce want him there, morale is non-existent.

 

 

I suggest that you set the lead and work for Chinese labour rates. We have families to feed.

 

You don't like Julia?

 

Ignored. You are harassing and baiting. Cease and desist.

Kirk, if anyone who shuts down an airline and leaves the passengers in the lurch is a moron, i guess your mates in the respective unions dont quite have enough for a single brain cell?? They had been doing this before the drastic call.

 

Nobody wants another Ansett, the unions have not learnt from that.

 

Now back on topic, i agree with the prior asessment, the A380 offers higher freight capability to QF, which is a real money spinner.

I think we have forgotten that all to often these days the bean counters have the final say in fleet purchases, and the best 'deal' on the day gets the cheque.

 

Boeing is somewhat restricted in its dealing as a result of US legislation that was put in place after the Lockheed bribery scandal way back. Airbus has no such restrictions.

 

I beleive that Qantas are some what envious of the actual operating costs and loadings being achieved by Virgin Australia across the Pacific with there B777's as to compared to Qantas's A380's. Two big engines compared to four very big engines.

 

Re LHR-SYD, Virgin Australia I believe is in serious talks with Boeing on this matter. The problem is the westbound leg into the headwinds.

 

Neil Bradley

Geoffrey is a jeronlist and a jernolist only, he does not work in te industry, he does not hold a engineering qualification, he does not hold a pilots license, he is not an expert, e has won awards for jernolisim not aviation experience, every thin he writes is not his own knowledge, every one I work with or know in the industry hates him, and his grossly inaccurate reportings.

 

That fact that you choose I believe he is an expert shows how little your experience is in the industry, not to mention your inaccurate comments about a lounge in Perth, or 777 operators in Perth, with statements like that you have a job to look forward to as Geoffrey's apprentice.

 

State te facts and facts only.

 

Regards

Kirk

The whole job of a journalist is not to go and inspect the planes themselves, fly them themselves or run the airline themselves, their job is to ask the questions from reliable sources and the people that are actually in the company and then give the general public an idea on what is going on. You can't expect a journalist to do engineering work on a plane, fly them, work within the airlines and be able to do the job of been a journalist, its not realistic and its not what a journalist is for. When was the last time you saw a political journalist actually working in parliament?

If a journalist hold credentials and experience in his main field of reporting then he is far more credible in my eyes.

The A330 is pretty good for what Qantas needs especially considering the fact that its a 767, not a 777 competitor and you gotta love the A330 in Qantas colors, the curves on her are gorgeous. While the 777 is a great plane its not a great fit for every airline and I'm sure QF has strongly considered the airplane but decided the 787 and A380 are better suited for their ops.

 

I couldn't agree with you more, the new Qantas livery suits the A330-200's brilliantly, the curves are gorgeous! Now to see the livery on an A330-300.

 

Qantas loves the 747, but they are getting old. The 777-300 would have been a good replacement on some routes wouldn't it?

Journalism and aviation just don't go together. The amount of incorrect articles I have read over the years, aswell as many biased (Especially against Qantas lately) is rediculous. I have even seen an article referring to Qantas' safety record when the article was about a maggot in a meal from a base which isn't even catered by Q-Catering (Qantas' catering company).

 

The smartest decision of any newspaper/online news editorial would be to hire Simon from avherald for their Aviation/Airline Journalist. While some people seem to have it in for him aswell (going by the comments posted on the numerous avherald articles), his reports merely stick to the point and don't scare people away from an airline, something Geoffrey Thomas has great pleasure in doing so with Qantas.

Journalism and aviation just don't go together. The amount of incorrect articles I have read over the years, aswell as many biased (Especially against Qantas lately) is rediculous. I have even seen an article referring to Qantas' safety record when the article was about a maggot in a meal from a base which isn't even catered by Q-Catering (Qantas' catering company).

 

The smartest decision of any newspaper/online news editorial would be to hire Simon from avherald for their Aviation/Airline Journalist. While some people seem to have it in for him aswell (going by the comments posted on the numerous avherald articles), his reports merely stick to the point and don't scare people away from an airline, something Geoffrey Thomas has great pleasure in doing so with Qantas.

 

Ah, the media. When it comes to anything aviation related, I wouldn't believe a word the media says.

 

 

The thing is Geoffrey calls himself an aviation expert, his articles reflect differently, a political jernolists doesn't call them self a political expert, nor do they take bias towards one side or the other.

 

I'm not sure where I said some one was a moron, I'm not happy with being miss quoted, on the subject of the grounding, something had to be done, no I'm not a union member, but for weeks we were putting up with staff announcing industrial action, then calling it off 24 hours prior, let me put that into prospective for you, Qantas invests resources in building a contingency plan for its customers, re booking and setting up accommodation, and re arranging the fleet redy for the planned strike, this is not something that can be reverted in 24 hours. Union workers don't get paid when they are striking, however I'd they call it off and go to work they will get paid, meanwhile Qantas and its customers are already displlaced regardless of what happens, now I ask you this, do you not consider the above scene dirty tactics by te unions? Would you as a buisness man/CEO stand around and watch this sort of action happen? The unions had threatened action for 12 months, what's better a weekend of disrupted passengers or a whole yeah of the bs mentioned above?

 

Qantas staff are the highest paid in the country, and Qantas can't compete with operators like toll Dnata and Menzies for work, airlines change contracts, we lost 4 ground handing contracts in Perth over the last two years, another situation for you to ponder, pays go up, contracts rise, airlines look for a better alternative, work is lost, what good is a pay rise if you have no work? The unions members are the ones that are putting them self out of work.

 

Regards

Kirk