AFR's Joe Aston goes BAM!

[anat0l]

I dare say they meant "corporeal form" ... meaning physical form.

....which is still at best unusual and at worst incorrect, as corporeal strictly means "of the body", i.e. usually referring to a living being.

What the heck was wrong with saying "physical" or "printed" form?

 

[oz_mark]

....which is still at best unusual and at worst incorrect, as corporeal strictly means "of the body", i.e. usually referring to a living being.

What the heck was wrong with saying "physical" or "printed" form?

corporeal can be used as a fancy way of saying physical...

 

[CaptJCool]

From the Fin today
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[anat0l]

From the Fin today
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Mind, the fact they were banned can't have amounted to really much for them except some fame and/or notoriety.

As if they were missing out on so much when the "ban" was in place. So putting them back is similarly no big deal, but of course they'll milk it for all its worth, even from a purely principled point of view.

 

[Lynda2475]

Personally glad they have cut back on printed newspapers in the lounges.

Nothing worse than have a neighbouring passenger bring one on board and then encroach into your space as they struggle to fold/unfold a broadsheet or even smaller paper.

If you want to red news onboard do it in digital form.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Joe Aston‘a latest piece is a real scorcher:

Vanessa Hudson, queen of footnotes

The Qantas board has not disclosed any of the particulars of Vanessa Hudson’s defined benefit scheme entitlements to shareholders.

www.afr.com

 

[CaptJCool]

Joe Aston‘a latest piece is a real scorcher:

Vanessa Hudson, queen of footnotes

The Qantas board has not disclosed any of the particulars of Vanessa Hudson’s defined benefit scheme entitlements to shareholders.

www.afr.com

that's absolutely priceless!

defined benefits schemes - https://www.qantassuper.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Actuarial-investigation-report.pdf

for those following along at home, there's 31 former TAA employees who stayed in the CSS scheme who now all receive lifetime pensions

she be in Division 2
Final Average Salary
The Member's highest average annual Superannuation Salary over any three consecutive Plan years in the ten years preceding retirement or death.
Category A: 9.3% of Final Average Salary for each year of service after 1 July 1988

 

[RooFlyer]

Opening screen on todays wifi enabled flight on QF



Full edition available. Good on ‘em

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Whilst not from Joe Aston, it is another scathing piece from the Australian.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_MRE170_a_GGN&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.com.au%2Fbusiness%2Faviation%2Fdeaf-to-past-mistakes-industry-group-slams-qantas-board%2Fnews-story%2F4ec07c9bbc1092f9481d5772c178203c&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-low-test-score&V21spcbehaviour=append

My favourite bit is the comic:

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[tdimdad]

Another brutal missive from Joe Aston. This time it's aimed at Richard Goyder.

Richard Goyder’s last supper

Six weeks before the company’s AGM, members of the Qantas board are in more cough than a sewage farm duck.

www.afr.com

 

[Quickstatus]

It appears that in an attempt to reduce the voice of some sections of the media, the only people who have so far gone mute are......

Ah the irony

 

[stm1sydney]

What I want to know is how come Minister King is still in a job? The arrogance of this government...

 

[stm1sydney]

Another brutal missive from Joe Aston. This time it's aimed at Richard Goyder.

Richard Goyder’s last supper

Six weeks before the company’s AGM, members of the Qantas board are in more cough than a sewage farm duck.

www.afr.com

That's another classic. I like this line:

Remember, Joyce (with his brother’s help) designed the algorithm for overbooking flights at Aer Lingus 30 years ago on the basis that a percentage of passengers never turn up. That’s how he made a name for himself at the start of his career, and he’s ended it the same way. He’s optimised revenue to the point where it’s now the planes that don’t show up for the flights. It’s a logical extension.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Another brutal missive from Joe Aston. This time it's aimed at Richard Goyder.

Richard Goyder’s last supper

Six weeks before the company’s AGM, members of the Qantas board are in more cough than a sewage farm duck.

www.afr.com

What’s unclear from the story was who Judas is in this scenario?

 

[kangarooflyer88]

That's another classic. I like this line:

Remember, Joyce (with his brother’s help) designed the algorithm for overbooking flights at Aer Lingus 30 years ago on the basis that a percentage of passengers never turn up. That’s how he made a name for himself at the start of his career, and he’s ended it the same way. He’s optimised revenue to the point where it’s now the planes that don’t show up for the flights. It’s a logical extension.

If you thought you as a passenger receiving denied boarding is a pain, imagine entire aircraft being denied boarding of passengers!

 

[drron]

That's another classic. I like this line:

Remember, Joyce (with his brother’s help) designed the algorithm for overbooking flights at Aer Lingus 30 years ago on the basis that a percentage of passengers never turn up. That’s how he made a name for himself at the start of his career, and he’s ended it the same way. He’s optimised revenue to the point where it’s now the planes that don’t show up for the flights. It’s a logical extension.

I loved the sub title.
Six weeks before the company’s AGM, members of the Qantas board are in more cough than a sewage farm duck.

 

[eminere]

That's another classic. I like this line:

Remember, Joyce (with his brother’s help) designed the algorithm for overbooking flights at Aer Lingus 30 years ago on the basis that a percentage of passengers never turn up. That’s how he made a name for himself at the start of his career, and he’s ended it the same way. He’s optimised revenue to the point where it’s now the planes that don’t show up for the flights. It’s a logical extension.

Joe Aston, doing the lord's work one article at a time. Love it.

 

[Seat0B]

thanks to [paywall bypass] I was able to read this article - absolutely excoriating.

 

[RooFlyer]

And now the Annual Report is out, a whole bunch of new copy.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

And now the Annual Report is out, a whole bunch of new copy.

Seems like news outlet Shake My Head has a report on that with Dick Goyder receiving quite the pay raise:

Pay rises for all the Qantas board: What each director received

The airline’s board of directors – including chairman Richard Goyder, Maxine Brenner and advertising executive Todd Sampson – have all received a pay bump.

www.smh.com.au