Did I here you ask “white with one Ebola or two?”

It’s Friday and the sun is setting on another week in Canberra.  The tasks left for the week are to fill the hire car with fuel, grab a boarding pass and head to the Qantas Club while I wait (usually longer than scheduled and more on that later) for my flight.  Those of you familiar with my previous posts will have been privy to the state of the Lounge in Canberra.  Last week you could have licked the floor and had less bacteria on your person after the event, this week, that all changed.  I could feel that vale of Ebola descending upon me as I walked in.  A chain saw massacre would have left less mess, not that I am saying that anyone had died, yet!  Staff no where in sight, alas no, two at the counter, two behind the bar (in the casual chatter position) and a 5th serving food.  That is record for this lounge, yet no one cleaning up.  One may think that the lounge must have been busy, no, you would not be able to check that box either.  For a premium service, aimed at frequent (high yield) travelers, the Jet Star/Easy Jet make over of Qantas obviously has it’s genesis in the Qantas Club with the new corporate goal, “dumb down the aspirations of high yield travelers and forget the rest”.

The other big news is, we are back on schedule!

And my word, are they what.  This week I got to Canberra on time and home on time. That would be first time in 6 months of grueling economy travel that the ticket timings were delivered. I have generally found in the past that the ticket time was akin to lotto numbers and every now and a gain, you may have a win!  The same could not be said for the poor soles on the flight after mine to Melbourne last Friday (11/11/2011), no winners on that fight.  By 14:30, Qantas were advising of a hour delay.  I see that disconect coming back already but time will be the judge of that.

Next week I have a Eastern Sea Board loop with a day in Brisbane before heading to Canberra.  I hope they have a schedule thing sorted as the timings are tight.  Watch this space….