The genesis of an airline grounding The so-called slow bake of Qantas started in earnest in February with the airline dismissing a claim from the Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) that Qantas flightdeck crew job security is imperiled as “completely unfounded”, while warning that the pilots’ wage requests are not viable. Qantas countered the
A special Qantas grounding NOTAM editorial Joyce likened the three unions’ industrial campaigns that eventually led to the airline’s extraordinary self imposed grounding as “death by a thousand cuts”. From the unions’ point of view, it was ‘industrial campaign 101’ stuff – ratcheting up the heat with a slowly increasing frequency of increasingly disruptive industrial
Last Super Hornets arrive, Growlers coming? The final four aircraft of an order of 24 Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornets for the RAAF arrived at their Amberley home base west of Brisbane on Friday October 22. The four jets completed the final leg of their trans-Pacific delivery flight, which originated at Naval Air Station Lemoore in
Cathay Pacific chief executive John Slosar When you consider the success of Cathay Pacific, it is easy to see why Qantas is looking to establish a new Asian based premium airline of its own. “We’re good at service, we’re good at understanding what people want, and giving them the products they want.” This content is
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Geoff Brown Just months on from its 90th birthday, the Royal Australian Air Force is amidst a period of key change. It’s fighter force is undergoing a critical phase of renewal, it’s airlift fleet is being regenerated, and new surveillance and training platforms are on the way, all at
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