AFR Article - Joe Aston goes BAM!

[Must...Fly!]

Oh, Qantas. Enjoying the spotlight to show us what you do best.

If he had anything to do with sacking the baggage handlers you'd think it would've wiped the smug look.

The best reply I read was that he hasn't met a mirror he didn't like...

 

[kangarooflyer88]

I see Joe Aston's last post on QF with the AFR covers the recent excision of Dick Goyder from the QF board:

Richard Goyder’s Qantas pantomime swansong

The Qantas chairman has elected to take an excruciating route to the inevitable.

www.afr.com

-RooFlyer88

 

[CaptJCool]

Such a prize this Chairman’s gig

Uncle Rich

 

[CaptJCool]

Last column
Excerpt
What about the No Wealth Without work crew ??

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Not a Joe Aston piece on Qantas but a very interesting look into the special privileges one can avail themselves of being a member of the Chairman's Lounge (formerly Dick Goyder's Lounge):

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Finquirer%2Fqantas-club-membership-with-quid-pro-quo-expectations%2Fnews-story%2F6642f7be3e30c3d6c668b4e0fb2ef9b6&memtype=registered&mode=premium&v21=HIGH-Segment-1-SCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append

-RooFlyer88

 

[RooFlyer]

Not a Joe Aston piece on Qantas but a very interesting look into the special privileges one can avail themselves of being a member of the Chairman's Lounge (formerly Dick Goyder's Lounge):

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Finquirer%2Fqantas-club-membership-with-quid-pro-quo-expectations%2Fnews-story%2F6642f7be3e30c3d6c668b4e0fb2ef9b6&memtype=registered&mode=premium&v21=HIGH-Segment-1-SCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append

-RooFlyer88

That's a Good article by Pemberthy. Pity it's paywalled to most.

 

[Pushka]

That's a Good article by Pemberthy. Pity it's paywalled to most.

He's also a local radio breakfast presenter as well as journalist. He is married to former Federal Politician Kate Ellis. At most times their philosophy is poles apart. I usually listen to them. They've read out my emails a few times.

 

[RooFlyer]

He is married to former Federal Politician Kate Ellis.

Just looked at extracts on her book Sex, Lies and Question Time - looks pretty interesting

Here is a snippet of the article off my phone.

 

[Kangol]

Any idea on how to bypass the paywall, because twelve foot dot eye oh doesn't work ...

 

[VPS]

Any idea on how to bypass the paywall, because twelve foot dot eye oh doesn't work ...

You can read via your local state library which you can usually join on line for free - look for Newsbank

 

[Phoenix-1]

Any idea on how to bypass the paywall, because twelve foot dot eye oh doesn't work ...

Turn off Javascript.

edit: This is for AFR

 

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[kangarooflyer88]

Not a Joe Aston article per se but an interesting piece appeared in todays AFR surrounding QF’s legal counsel:

Qantas lawyer Andrew Finch still flying high

Last week in San Antonio, he was one of four new directors sworn in to the Association of Corporate Counsel.

www.afr.com

 

[RooFlyer]

Again, not Joe Aston, but one of his colleagues has a look at Qantas' latest "flights-for-we-don't-want-any-favours". Fly 2 journos to Europe - for a day.

Qantas media favours are all hot air

The airline will help ferry journalists to Switzerland for a one-day conference, where among the topics, sustainability and jet fuel will be discussed.

www.afr.com

In the world of non-transactional favours, no one does it better than Qantas. The company handpicks corporates for its now notorious chairman’s lounge. Taken to its extreme, you end up opening the concealed doors for the prime minister’s son.

This week Qantas will fly two aviation reporters to Europe to attend an International Air Transport Association conference in Geneva. IATA is the peak body for airlines, which asks its members like Qantas (and Virgin) to help transport journalists to conferences around the world.

But the conference in question is an eight-hour “media day”. That is, Qantas is flying two journalists across the world for a conference that starts at 8:45am and ends at 4:45pm. The next day they get back on planes and come home.

From the same people who brought you “meetings that could have been an email”, IATA and Qantas present “conferences that could have been a Zoom call”.

 

[BD1959]

Again, not Joe Aston, but one of his colleagues has a look at Qantas' latest "flights-for-we-don't-want-any-favours". Fly 2 journos to Europe - for a day.

Qantas media favours are all hot air

The airline will help ferry journalists to Switzerland for a one-day conference, where among the topics, sustainability and jet fuel will be discussed.

www.afr.com

Would love to see the spin on QF defending their green credentials on this !!

Regards,

BD

 

[Peasant]

Would love to see the spin on QF defending their green credentials on this !!

Regards,

BD

The article mentions QF is offsetting their carbon emissions. So nothing to see here…

 

[justinbrett]

They must be missing AJ . What a non story.

 

[BD1959]

The article mentions QF is offsetting their carbon emissions. So nothing to see here…

Really? Scope 1 carbon emissions still at (roughly) 83% of their 2019 figures, with net emissions *targetted* to reduce by only 25% by 2030 and and net zero only by 2050. It also recognised market pressures on the offset price hitting the company's bottom line risking those targets. (2023 Sustainability Report)

As there is nothing like net zero carbon impact wouldn't a zoom call be more carbon friendly?

Regards,

BD

 

[kangarooflyer88]

As there is nothing like net zero carbon impact wouldn't a zoom call be more carbon friendly?

A Zoom meeting may indeed be more carbon friendly but it sure as heck isn't environmentally friendly. In particular, the traveller's environment of visiting Qantas First class lounges, enjoying lie flat business class and of course all of the other ancillary perks that come with flying long haul internationally.

 

[stm1sydney]

Well, to be fair, the "climate change" cult has never been about the environment , so Qantas and the IATA are as entitled as anyone to do their virtue signalling.