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There was an interesting Reuters article recently about United struggling with FOs being unwilling to upgrade to captaincy to the point that they're facing a shortage of captains. I'll link the article below, but it seems to partly be because more and more senior FOs are quite happy with the...

I echo scuubaal above. Had the same issue recently where any attempt to link my lounge pass to my booking was net with a "something went wrong. Please try again later" error, so I could not link my pass to my booking. Walked into the international J lounge in Melbourne and I explained the IT...

My photos of the menu on my trip on QF2 from LHR to SIN in mid May 2023, and QF9 from PER to LHR. I recall having the Vietnamese chicken salad on QF2 and thinking it was really quite good. Pretty sure I had the braised beef on QF9, which was quite nice again, but a small serving. I distinctly...

Not sure if this has been discussed earlier (couldn't find anything using search), but I listened to a really interesting podcast interview the other day with a bloke named Steve Giordano, who spoke about the weird world of professional ferry pilots working for lessors to...

A nice gentleman from the Hobart call centre explained the flight credit system for me the other day. Posting as a reference for you and anyone else If you cancelled your flight, the flight credit is technically seen by QF's system as what is essentially "an open ticket from anywhere to...

How about the old V Australia brand with the southern cross on the tail?

If this change means VA return to something closer to an LCC, I imagine that leaves the full service / corporate market all to QF. I wonder if QF will take the opportunity to step up the 'enhancements'. Maybe make some of these temporary service changes into something, less temporary...

A huge Private Equity fund not being afraid to step on some toes to make as much money as possible? I'm shocked to be sitting here.

I personally think so. Maybe not this quickly, but it would have happened eventually. Outsourcing it represents a cost saving to QF, these providers are specialised, and it saves QF having to procure and maintain their own fleets of ground equipment. As a side note, I wouldn't be surprised if...

I would imagine the gig would go to either Menzies, Swissport or DNATA given they're the largest local operators. Possibly the latter given Qantas sources their catering from DNATA. These providers already service most (if not all) international carriers in Australia, VA, TT, and some JQ, and...

Might be worth posting this article from The Age saying QF are looking at outsourcing their ground handling at 10 airports (all capital cities + Cairns, Alice Springs and Townsville) where it is currently done in-house. This represents 2,400 jobs in addition to the 6,000 redundancies already...

Agree with the other posters. While I don't mind doing work and meetings online rather than traveling (and my employer would be happy for me to stay out of aeroplanes as it saves money in here and now), as soon as my competitors are back in the air and getting face-to-face with clients, I will...

I have a question re: flight credits. Apoligies if it's already been answered- it's easy to miss things in the 34 pages! I canceled a return SYD-LHR booking, Premium Economy going up, Economy on the way back. This was for just myself as my partner couldn't make this trip. The credit can only be...

All international services cancelled from late march, and 2/3 of the group's employees put on leave (annual leave, then unpaid).

A 90% reduction in intl would mean only 6-7 widebody aircraft operating across JQ and QF, down from 60odd? That's basically a complete shutdown.

Thanks for the kind offer serfty. Would love to put my hand up for a single pass. Taking the 10pm from SYD to MEL soon, and would love a quiet lounge to relax in while everything else in the terminal is just about shut. Especially as a NB!

I'll admit to the regular ramsacking of the hotel breakfast buffet during my uni days when on trips with friends. Meant we could skip lunch by snacking on the takings throughout the day, which saved quite a bit of money for drinks ;)

This project's business case must be pretty marginal if its go-ahead depends on getting concessions out of the staff and achieving certain delivery dates. Imagine what would happen if oil prices went back to $80! 😲

I've also heard of senior advisors to federal ministers getting CL.

Holy ****! $215 for the LAX first lounge?! 😲 I mean it's a very nice lounge, but I'm not sure if it is worth that much. I agree with harvyk. I guess the logic here is if someone is really willing to offer QF $215 for some champers and S&P squid, or $70 for a few slices of pizza at PER, then QF...