Get Public Servants out of CL now!

[draper]

<To the Government>, if you want to get a message through to Qantas to lift their game and at the same time gather the respect of your citizens get all of your Politicians and Public Savants OUT of the Chairman’s Lounge. Too hard?

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Mate.
<The Government> does not hang around here
Dont this any of his staff do either.
(((Ah moderated))).

 

[p--and--t]

<To the Government>, if you want to get a message through to Qantas to lift their game and at the same time gather the respect of your citizens get all of your Politicians and Public Savants OUT of the Chairman’s Lounge. Too hard?

So why no request for the same exit from Virgin Beyond lounge that operates basically the same way

Especially seeing the officially released stats show VA performance is worse.

Virgin Australia opens secret invitation-only Beyond Lounges

• Virgin Australia Group CEO Jayne Hrdlicka officially opens invitation-only Beyond Lounges in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane today, with an event at Sydney Airport.

newsroom.virginaustralia.com

 

[TheInsider]

So why no request for the same exit from Virgin Beyond lounge that operates basically the same way

And more limited but emirates IO.

 

[justinbrett]

So why no request for the same exit from Virgin Beyond lounge that operates basically the same way

Virgin Australia opens secret invitation-only Beyond Lounges

• Virgin Australia Group CEO Jayne Hrdlicka officially opens invitation-only Beyond Lounges in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane today, with an event at Sydney Airport.

newsroom.virginaustralia.com

Get them out of the tennis too!

 

[CaptJCool]

Seemed parallel

 

[Happy Dude]

They gotta have somewhere to go before a flight. Otherwise, too easy for egg boy and the Chaser/Friendlyjordies to make them a headline.

 

[SheikYerbouti]

Why public servants? Why is it ok for someone who is employed by a company to be there, but not someone employed by the state?

 

[jb747]

And politicians. It's a form of corruption, and that fact that it's out in the open does not make it any more acceptable.

 

[RSVKanga]

This has been happening for decades, and why public servants in particular?

 

[I love to travel]

99.99% of public servants do not have access to the CL

 

[Guvner]

... Savants OUT of the Chairman’s Lounge. Too hard?

Rain man was an autistic savant and only wanted to fly Qantas. I think he should be allowed in to the MEL CL.

Charlie:
Ray, all airlines have crashed at one time or another, that doesn't mean that they are not safe.
Raymond:
QANTAS. QANTAS never crashed.
Charlie:
QANTAS?
Raymond:
Never crashed.
Charlie:
Oh that's gonna do me a lot of good because QANTAS doesn't fly to Los Angeles out of Cincinnati, you have to get to Melbourne! Melbourne, Australia in order to get the plane that flies to Los Angeles!

 

[33kft]

I dunno, have you ever hung out with public servants? They probably should be locked away somewhere, although I'm not sure it should be somewhere with better wine than mine....

 

[Birdblack]

Talk about a solution looking for a problem. The most offensive lot in the CL are the slimy corporates who think they’re royalty.

 

[SydneySwan]

Talk about a solution looking for a problem. The most offensive lot in the CL are the slimy corporates who think they’re royalty.

Are you a member?

 

[offshore171]

Why public servants? Why is it ok for someone who is employed by a company to be there, but not someone employed by the state?

Senior Public servants have regulatory powers and statutory oversight roles. For this reason, by law they are restricted from receiving "gifts" of appreciable value. Does lavish hospitality and other associated benefits fall into this category? I guess that's the concern.

Note, I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with the OP, but just responding to your specific question above.

 

[SheikYerbouti]

I dunno, have you ever hung out with public servants? They probably should be locked away somewhere, although I'm not sure it should be somewhere with better wine than mine....

Being a firefighter (public servant), I hang out with a lot of them... but I'm not sure that you'd want public servants locked away when you call 000!

 

[33kft]

Being a firefighter (public servant), I hang out with a lot of them... but I'm not sure that you'd want public servants locked away when you call 000!

Indeed, that was 100% tongue in cheek but I often forget how poorly it comes across on here

I'd much rather hang out with public servants than the private enterprise folks I deal with day to day for the record, but they don't let me into the CL so c'est la vie.

 

[SheikYerbouti]

Senior Public servants have regulatory powers and statutory oversight roles. For this reason, by law they are restricted from receiving "gifts" of appreciable value. Does lavish hospitality and other associated benefits fall into this category?

Not really any different from corporates, though. Especially if you've read the news lately, with directors being banned for breaching their legal obligations, large firm parters and companies breaching various laws (and moral agreements/contracts), engaging in unconscionable conduct, putting their self-interest above that of shareholders'... ASIC's ban list can be an interesting read!

Is it really "right" for a Partner of a firm that audits Qantas to be given QF hospitality benefits? What about the directors of a company who receives industry incentives from shareholders/government and has their decisions biased by receiving gifts/hospitality?

Whether an executive is paid by the public through the public's taxes, or paid by the public through citizens' super fund investing the citizens' money in that executive's employer... there is always an obligation for transparency and to act morally and ethically. However, too often this is presupposed that this only applies to government employees...

 

[Mr H]

I have never been in a CL, but I did travel with senior politicians in the UK. Airport lounges are an excellent space for networking and having conversations between people who would never seek out time for a formal meeting. This included conversations between political opponents. These informal conversations can be immeasurably useful in making the system work. It would be an epic own goal to take away the opportunity for these kind of chance encounters.

Plus, I never saw any of these politicians particularly revelling in the supposed luxury. At most they would pour one drink, most of which would be left in the glass when the plane was ready for boarding.