Qatar Airways to acquire 25% of Virgin Australia

[twinaisle]

I travelled in Business on a VA flight this morning and the lead FA on the flight was quite talkative.

One part of the conversation was relevant here - the gist being they are going to move to Doha for a year on secondment to Qatar Airways to train/be trained on QR 777 aircraft and then ply the routes to/from Oz.

They're not flying exclusive on the Australian routes. It's the entire network. Secondment has been done before with VS/EY so don't know why they're acting like it's new.

 

[serfty]

They're not flying exclusive on the Australian routes. It's the entire network. Secondment has been done before with VS/EY so don't know why they're acting like it's new.

I never indicated it was new, I simply posted relevant stuff for this thread.

They did mention Etihad and another carrier (didnt quite catch, maybe it was VS) had been done.

 

[henrus]

They did mention Etihad and another carrier (didnt quite catch, maybe it was VS) had been done.

Would have been Virgin America back in the day.

 

[RooFlyer]

One part of the conversation was relevant here - the gist being they are going to move to Doha for a year on secondment to Qatar Airways to train/be trained on QR 777 aircraft and then ply the routes to/from Oz.

I’ll listen out for the accents on my upcoming QR flights (4)

 

[justinbrett]

I’ll listen out for the accents on my upcoming QR flights (4)

Aren’t there already a stack of Aussies working for Qatar? How will you tell the difference?

Is there a particular VA twang you’re accustomed to?

 

[RooFlyer]

Aren’t there already a stack of Aussies working for Qatar? How will you tell the difference?

Is there a particular VA twang you’re accustomed to?

Can't say I recall hearing any Aussie accent on my many past QR flights. Think the closest I got was NZ once. I don't think it would be so much a VA 'twang' (is there such a thing? ) as an Australian one.

 

[justinbrett]

Can't say I recall hearing any Aussie accent on my many past QR flights. Think the closest I got was NZ once. I don't think it would be so much a VA 'twang' and an Australian one.

It was a joke, my point being is you won't be able to tell if they work for VA or QR just because they have an Australian accent.

I don't have stats but it seems every second YouTuber is cabin crew for a ME3 airline.

 

[twinaisle]

I never indicated it was new, I simply posted relevant stuff for this thread.

They did mention Etihad and another carrier (didnt quite catch, maybe it was VS) had been done.

I was referencing the crew, not you! Nothing like the crew talking about something and spreading wrong information.

 

[serfty]

I was referencing the crew, not you! Nothing like the crew talking about something and spreading wrong information.

No worries, thanks for clarifying. To be clear the person I heard this from was the one going to Qatar. I am not sure they were spreading wrong information; it is likely I misunderstood in relation to activities during the secondment.

 

[I love to travel]

I travelled in Business on a VA flight this morning and the lead FA on the flight was quite talkative.

One part of the conversation was relevant here - the gist being they are going to move to Doha for a year on secondment to Qatar Airways to train/be trained on QR 777 aircraft.

Timeframe for when they were moving?

 

[serfty]

Timeframe for when they were moving?

Soon .. but actually when, unknown.

 

[twinaisle]

No worries, thanks for clarifying. To be clear the person I heard this from was the one going to Qatar. I am not sure they were spreading wrong information; it is likely I misunderstood in relation to activities during the secondment.

The only thing they've done were information session so they haven't even taken applications for the secondment so I highly doubt they are going to Qatar