AIR - Air NZ.

[Marilyn Munroe]

Grant Robertson's Air New Zealand letter puts airline board 'in invidious position': National

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...FXORPNZ5UO7YA/

For those wondering, the letter suggests that the government wants to be involved in selecting Directors, that routes must be kept open, that the industrial policy designed to ensure that it is not disruptive, and generally expect much higher levels of engagement with the government in the operation of the company.

Does Grant Robertson want to create a sort of Ministry of Works which operates aircraft instead of bulldozers?

If the letter is an insight into his thinking he may be the salvation of AIR shareholders by doing a Cullen Kiwirail type deal and offering a buyout at many times the outfits worth.

Boop boop de do
Marilyn

PS. Mike Hoskings view,

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/...lands-success/

[LaserEyeKiwi]

Does Grant Robertson want to create a sort of Ministry of Works which operates aircraft instead of bulldozers?

If the letter is an insight into his thinking he may be the salvation of AIR shareholders by doing a Cullen Kiwirail type deal and offering a buyout at many times the outfits worth.

Boop boop de do
Marilyn

PS. Mike Hoskings view,

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/...lands-success/

lol at Mike Hosling, what a buffoon, so much inaccurate statements in his piece I was wondering if it was actually a comedic mockery of Hosking, but no its right there on the Newstalk website so must be legit him writing that.

[kyanar]

The law doesn't stop US citizens from applying for a vaccination passport though, and if this programme was administered through the federal instead of state government, it's likely IMO that we would see some inbound tourism from savvy vaccinated US citizens as well as other countries embracing the passport system.

The US Federal Government after outrage from the American Civil Liberties Union, the State of Florida, and the covidiots has outright ruled out a vaccination passport. They've unequivocally said the United States Government will not produce or support any such system. The State of Florida has outright banned providing any information to a vaccinated person that proves vaccination status (no, really).

There's also countries like Vietnam where a "tip" to your health worker will get you a negative PCR test without the hassle of actually bothering to test anything, you bet your rear that you'll be able to get "proof" of vaccination without all the hassle of, um, vaccinating.

[kyanar]

lol at Mike Hosling, what a buffoon, so much inaccurate statements in his piece I was wondering if it was actually a comedic mockery of Hosking, but no its right there on the Newstalk website so must be legit him writing that.

Does Mike realise that "the last time the government ran the airline" it didn't run it into the ground (pretty sure that was private sector ownership...), the government actually brought it back from the brink of failure and turned it into the rather profitable behemoth it was until COVID struck?

[LaserEyeKiwi]

The US Federal Government after outrage from the American Civil Liberties Union, the State of Florida, and the covidiots has outright ruled out a vaccination passport. They've unequivocally said the United States Government will not produce or support any such system. The State of Florida has outright banned providing any information to a vaccinated person that proves vaccination status (no, really).

There's also countries like Vietnam where a "tip" to your health worker will get you a negative PCR test without the hassle of actually bothering to test anything, you bet your rear that you'll be able to get "proof" of vaccination without all the hassle of, um, vaccinating.

we will simply amend out current pre-departure testing requirement with the addition of the global standardised vaccine passport as an option as well, and probably additional rapid screening on arrival from particular countries (sure there is not going to be a compulsory US vaccine passport, but that is entirely different to an optional one that US travellers would need to travel to other countries requiring it, in which case they would voluntarily get it to travel, not an issue really.)

[mikeybycrikey]

Hosking: “Government’s socialist ideology threaten’s Air NZ’s success”

Is this a joke? An airline so successful that it had to borrow from the government at 9%, when interest rates are basically 0%.

Maybe the government should follow the previous government’s example and just put someone on the board, instead of writing public letters. Way fewer articles about creeping socialism when it’s all behind closed doors.

[LaserEyeKiwi]

Does Mike realise that "the last time the government ran the airline" it didn't run it into the ground (pretty sure that was private sector ownership...), the government actually brought it back from the brink of failure and turned it into the rather profitable behemoth it was until COVID struck?

Mike is incapable of realising anything that conflicts with his deluded fox-news style world view.

[777]

I am not sure what planet you guys are on but Hosking is 100% correct.

[LaserEyeKiwi]

I am not sure what planet you guys are on but Hosking is 100% correct.

LOL. His piece is filled with literal factual errors. Pretty hard to be 100% correct when you have included verifiably incorrect nonsense.

[kyanar]

we will simply amend out current pre-departure testing requirement with the addition of the global standardised vaccine passport as an option as well, and probably additional rapid screening on arrival from particular countries (sure there is not going to be a compulsory US vaccine passport, but that is entirely different to an optional one that US travellers would need to travel to other countries requiring it, in which case they would voluntarily get it to travel, not an issue really.)

Remember, some states are making it illegal to provide evidence of vaccination to members of the public. How are you going to get an "optional vaccine passport" if your doctor is prohibited by law from saying you were vaccinated? A vaccine passport system just plain isn't going to work as long as nutters like Ron DeSantis have power, even optional ones.

I am not sure what planet you guys are on but Hosking is 100% correct.

I'm on Earth. If you think Hosking's diatribe is correct, I'd be questioning which you're on. There's a lot of reasons to raise questions about the actions of the government in relation to the various PSOEs (partially state owned enterprises) but Hosking's assertion that it's somehow to do with their "socialist agenda" is just typical right wing fearmongering.