Jacqui Lambie banned from Qantas Group flights for six months for abusing staff

[jakeseven7]

Too bad mate, can't attack staff.... what disgusting behaviour....

I usually support her voice and her position on a lot of veteran affairs actually, this is really disappointing to hear.....


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The senator has been suspended for six months across all Qantas services, including airlines.

This followed an incident on March 25 at the front desk of the Chairman’s Lounge in Melbourne.

Senator Lambie reacted adversely to being told she couldn’t access the lounge, dropping expletives and referring to “cough power” and telling staff “your CEO is a poof”.

The whole incident was captured on CCTV.

After negotiations, a decision was made to institute a six-month suspension from early April.

For travel to and from her home state, Lambie will now have to rely on Virgin services in and out of Tasmania. An airline that doesn’t have any lounges in the Apple isle, let alone services to the north west coast.

Why Jacqui Lambie has been banned from Qantas for six months

The ban followed an incident at the front desk of the Chairman’s Lounge in Melbourne.

www.smh.com.au

 

[aus_flyer]

From personal experience, I can say she is a dead set nut job.

 

[Virgin Bart]

From personal experience, I can say she is a dead set nut job.

Tell us more! .. if you can.

 

[RooFlyer]

Tell us more! .. if you can.

This is a start:

Jacqui Lambie likes her men rich and ... well-hung | The New Daily

PUP Senator Jacquie Lambie tells a radio station she likes rich, well-endowed men.

thenewdaily.com.au

 

[kpc]

6 months is lenient...I would have made it life!

 

[NoName]

Lucky not to be booted permanently. A disgusting, uncalled for rant.

 

[samh004]

I'll use her membership while she can't!

Sounds very much like she was drunk, and probably argued as much to get leniency when negotiating her 6-month ban instead of lifetime ban.

 

[offshore171]

Is this an epic case of DYKWIA?

Why Jacqui Lambie has been banned from Qantas for six months

The ban followed an incident at the front desk of the Chairman’s Lounge in Melbourne.

www.smh.com.au

On Monday we noted the chilly relations between Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie and Qantas. But we didn’t realise the deep freeze between the two entities had reached Oymyakon* proportions.

Jacqui Lambie
We wrote that the airline had suspended the Senator’s access to its prestigious invitation-only Chairman’s Club lounges after several incidents. But that was only half the story.
We have now been told that the senator has been suspended for six months across all Qantas services, including airlines.
This followed an incident on March 25 at the front desk of the Chairman’s Lounge in Melbourne. Senator Lambie reacted adversely to being told she couldn’t access the lounge, dropping expletives and referring to “cough power” and telling staff “your CEO is a [offensive term]”.

The whole thing was captured on CCTV.
After negotiations, a decision was made to institute a six-month suspension from early April.
For travel to and from her home state, Lambie will now have to rely on Virgin services in and out of Tasmania. An airline that doesn’t have a Chairman’s Lounge.
*Oymyakon is the coldest permanently-inhabited place on Earth and is found in the Arctic Circle’s Northern Pole of Cold. In 1933, it recorded its lowest temperature of -67.7°C.

 

[eastwest101]

From her own opinion piece in the New Daily:

"People ask me what I think about the culture in Parliament, and I’ve got to be honest, I haven’t seen sexism up close and first hand.

I’ve experienced arrogance, entitlement and elitism more than sexism, but it’s easy to mistake them for each other."

 

[33kft]

Props to Qantas for publicizing this sort of behaviour. We ought to know how our elected representatives handle themselves.

 

[VPS]

'I deserve every bit': Jacqui Lambie faces Qantas ban after airport rant

Independent senator Jacqui Lambie has been banned from Qantas for six months after "blowing her stack" at staff.

thenewdaily.com.au

Senator Lambie said the incident came after a bad day in Canberra.

“I’d backed into a car that morning, got a speeding ticket on the way to work, and my flight home was delayed,” she told the Nine newspapers.

She was also taking pain medication for an old back injury.

“It was a bad day for me. But it was worse for the poor Qantas staff who had to stand and take my rant. It was totally uncalled for and totally unacceptable behaviour on my part.

 

[drron]

She does live in Burnie and has her office there so will now have to use Rex to BWT rather than QF to DPO.

 

[jakeseven7]

She does live in Burnie and has her office there so will now have to use Rex to BWT rather than QF to DPO.

Via King Island somedays too

And no fancy DPO QF Lounge for 6 months either

 

[eastwest101]

With no VA flights direct from CBR to anywhere in Tasmania, with MEL in lockdown, and with QF out of the equation she faces quite the pickle on how to get between Burnie and Canberra in the future.

 

[drron]

VA 1093 is a direct LST-SYD flight.So she just has to get her government driver to get her to LST.

 

[Franky]

The Army, after putting their recruits thru the usual apptitude tests, offers those that have achieved the worst results a position in the Military Police.

Now you know why....

 

[eastwest101]

VA 1093 is a direct LST-SYD flight.So she just has to get her government driver to get her to LST.

Sure - but how can she get from CBR to SYD without flying QF? Still a bit of a pickle there.

 

[drron]

Rex or at a more leisurely pace by Comcar.

 

[Denali]

Negotiations? Why would QF need to negotiate anything on this. Would love to see and hear the footage, so her behaviour is there for all to see

 

[jakeseven7]

Negotiations? Why would QF need to negotiate anything on this. Would love to see and hear the footage, so her behaviour is there for all to see

Surprised it hasn’t been leaked yet. Talk about a career ending moment if it was...