5700 Flights a week and 60 destinations

What a start to the week away. Last week I got email indicating that my regular 7:20 flight to Canberra had been cancelled. I found it in the spam filter! So after being moved to the 8:30 flight I got a text message to say my flight had been cancelled. Not to worry, it was the same flight. It would appear that I was not the only person who spam filters had problems with Qantas emails.

You would think that nearly 100 years of pedigree and more than 5000 flights a week, the “Spirit of Australia” would run a slick operation, well think again. Board plane 8:10, close front door 8:30, finish loading cargo 8:40, forget to close cargo door – check 8:45, find tug driver and taxi out 8:55 and finally take off 9:10. It took an hour to go 400m and this is not uncommon. Remind me again how many flights a week they handle. Experience count for nothing in this game and furthermore, they were not on strike.

Anyway, let’s focus on what is important, my stomach! I have spent a lot of time dissecting Qantas’s take on Dinner, well Breakfast isn’t what it once was!

The only item that I consume is the coffee – still not bad, the same can not be said for the muffin.

Next time at commuterflyer, the economics of cancelled flights and holy moley, I did my BAS (quarterly tax statement) and you should see the amount I pay Qantas and what I get for the money.