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Qantas admits staff shortage at Brisbane airport
By Robyn Ironside
December 04, 2007 11:00pm

QANTAS has finally admitted that its staffing at Brisbane Airport has fallen below acceptable levels and has promised to beef up numbers to avoid chaos at its terminals this Christmas.

The airline's executive general manager John Borghetti made a whirlwind visit to Brisbane on Monday afternoon where he addressed an impromptu meeting of about 20 staff.

According to some who attended, Mr Borghetti said Qantas had got the Brisbane Airport infrastructure "completely wrong" and staffing was "insufficient".

He promised 42 extra staff by Christmas and said a further 42 would be recruited if required.

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The airline's regional general manager Andrew Hogg said Qantas would bring forward a major terminal redesign that would see its check-in and security areas moved upstairs.

Full story here.

Interestingly, an ABC Online article a few days ago indicated that despite the staff shortages in BNE, Qantas was sending Brisbane employees to Sydney to cover shortages there.

 

[PPW]

It is awful that the poor old lady died while waiting for check-in... must have been a bloody long queue!

About sending staff to Sydney... just more proof of where QF's priorities lie! Surely they should show some loyalty to Qld - after all, that is where they get the Q in their name from! (poor reasoning I know...)

 

[NYCguy]

... That is where they get the Q in their name from!

I'm sure you realise that the '$' far outweighs the sentiment of the 'Q' any day?

 

[Groundfeeder]

I know they want to upgrade BNE DOM to the similar upstairs/downstairs design that is featured in most heavily used terminals, but do they have to do it again in my lifetime??

This is just going to continue the catsa*setrophy that is BNE airport where construction has NEVER stopped.:evil:

I find it's the getting to and from this building/road construction site that really irks me, as the QP bag drop system works fine.

 

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I know they want to upgrade BNE DOM to the similar upstairs/downstairs design that is featured in most heavily used terminals, but do they have to do it again in my lifetime??

Yes, it will be a PITA but they desperately need to build an upper-deck roadway to split departures from arrivals. Without this, the ground level approaches will continue to be a problem.