The answer is likely to be NO - but don't take my word for it. Read this article posted on the MET thread Johnnythehorse. Heads MET win. Tails MET unlikely to lose.
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The answer is likely to be NO - but don't take my word for it. Read this article posted on the MET thread Johnnythehorse. Heads MET win. Tails MET unlikely to lose.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...ectid=12331365 Shane Jones lays into AIR over a culture of greed and overpayment and suggests that AIR senior staffers need to accept that their value as employees has fundamentally changed in line with the grim prospects for the industry.
For once I agree with him 100% but the only way you are going to cleanse this company of the culture of entitlement that exists deep within its roots is to let it collapse. When its totally collapsed only rehire staff that are really needed with a maximum cap of $250K and anyone who doesn't want to work at a fundamentally more reasonable level can go find employment elsewhere and good luck to them. The unions and the culture of entitlement will never be fundamentally changed any other way.
As this article titled The Airline Business is Terrible and will probably get worse suggests https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...ectid=12331103 Things have so fundamentally changed for the industry it will probably never be the same. Extract:-
"There's little indication that a recovery is coming soon. Most industry analysts and executives expect years to pass before airlines fly as many passengers as they did before the pandemic. Even then, a rebound may come in fits and starts, propelled by medical advancements, an economic rebound and shifts in the public's tolerance for risk".
Are Koru lounges open under Level 2
Wonder if SJ realises that his own value will possibly be fundamentally changed too .. come any number of unfortunate events (for example, something called an election or if Pinstone Weters for any reason is not on board & the public don't like SJ dropped into the hot seat as replacement with trying his mindless interferring & trumpeting away)
No definitive announcement as yet. We haven't even seen the new schedule. IMO they'll keep them closed for the time being as they must severely restrict the number of people in the lounges, they must enforce social distancing enforced (the company has a significant Worksafe enforced liability around this) , and they cannot serve buffet style.
Wonder no more "'I've got every right to put that challenge to the executive class of Air New Zealand because every three years I put my self to the test in the political market.''
Salary figures from last year's annual report show 31 Air New Zealand managers were paid more than what Jacinda Ardern earned then - $471,000.... The figures also showed 44 ''aircrew, engineering, overseas and other staff'' were paid more than the PM last year... "
When you have a good deep think about it, given the airline is Govt controlled and only there now because of massive Government support which has avoided it being Bankrupt already, it is completely inappropriate that any employee (including Greg Foran) now earns more than the PM. 12 staff at AIR earn more that $1m and some are doing little more than sitting around picking their noses, watching flight radar and commenting on twitter Instagram and fakebook about the bleeding obvious that demand has fallen off a cliff into a very deep chasm. Thank you "Captain Obvious" for stating the obvious but do we really need to pay you one million dollars a year to post such remarkable "insights".... Heck, some dogs post their insights for free.
You don't need the weatherman to tell you when it's bucketing down ... I'll do his job for half the price.
On a side note, cannot get anyone to action the refund of my nearly $1500 APD that were used to purchase goods that turned out (over 6 weeks later) to be permanently out of stock.
Nobody will respond to any comms.
How much does Joe Public pay this SJ Trougher for blowing bubbles, wiggling a stick in a large slush fund & throwing tantrums ? ;)
Not trying to in anyway defend AIR or corporate Empire building - but what would any commercial airline be shelling out for Top Level Manpower ? .. Perhaps SJ should aim his shanghai instead at the Unions who contributed to an exorbitant pyramid of Staffing costs at some of these large outfits .. in particular those owned by the taxpayer .. that is if he was game to dare even ferrit out some of the root causes, rather than shooting from the hip loudly & thereby further trying to prove valid reason for his membership of the Left's ignorant "A-H Club" ;)
Come on now, when in charge of a billion dollar lolly scramble there must be at least some effort in deciding in which direction to throw the lollies, that's got to be a little bit harder than watching flight radar all day and making moronic tweets. SJ has to be worth at least...oh I dunno...minimum wage :D