DJ;
Being the aviation and sector expert that you are, you of course know Qantas is not spelt with a ‘U’ Don’t you?
Qantas have employed overseas, so what? That’s what the market deems necessary to remain as competitive as possible. It streamlines operations immensely; for instance, having Qantas’ very own engineers is London is much more effective then subcontracting to BA like they previously did; having call centres in the USA to handle calls from the USA makes much more sense then having to have call centres open in Australia all night to cater for foreign callers. Having a base of UK cabin crew greatly increases reliability and reduces costs; much the same as Air NZ, BA, JAL, United, ANA, Cathay and many more airlines do.
Our international Economy is no more cramped then most airlines, 31″ standard industry seat pitch – 32″ on the A380. This coupled with the market leading Premium Economy seat pitch of over 40″ in some seats and business class service in the W cabin. The vast majority of passengers on our A380s love our new cabins, I’ve heard no complaints anyway and Airbus agrees that it is perhaps the most intelligent, practical and well thought out cabin they have put on the A380. Believe it or not First Passengers don’t want to be closed off from the rest of the cabin when they have paid so much. Our new First Suites offer vast amounts of space and privacy without being shut off and the 1-1-1 layout certainly helps with the comfort compared to our competitors 1-2-1 equivalents.
The only reason Qantas’ safety record was damaged last year by mostly none events is because the media preyed on it. Sure the decompression was newsworthy but then again how comes Virgin Blue’s didn’t really make the news recently? The reporting of events such as 5 minute delays and blocked toilets by SMH is just beyond a joke.
Australian’s aren’t looking to dump Qantas for the first alternate, they see QF as a trustworthy, strong, reliable and safe brand. Meanwhile V Australia has no national identity and already has a poor reputation because of its delays to service (albeit Boeings fault). I mean VA could have at least come up with an iconic logo?
As for share prices hitting lows, well that’s what one would anticipate in a recession. Qantas’s share price though is a lot more then what can be said for Virgin Blue’s $0.235 current trading price. At just 40% sold VA isn’t thus far doing to well and neither is it’s big brother, come to think of it, none of the Virgin Group airlines seem to be performing? Hmmm…
As for Thongs and women only toilets? Why would the vast majority of Business Passengers want thongs? In my experience, J passengers want good food, quality wines, caring but not intrusive service and on the whole want to be left alone to work or relax. They certainly don’t want thongs and I personally think the women’s only toilets will be seen as somewhat of an insult to their males clientele, especially before landing when all the men are queuing for the men’s room, I think this is a practice that simply won’t and can’t be upheld in reality. I am pretty certain Qantas already offers Vegemite, in fact I served it just this morning.
I think Qantas proved it’s commitment to Australian’s this week by donating $100,000 to the bushfire appeal along with commencing onboard fundraising.
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