Patterson Who says u have a moral obligation to take the credit. We need a lawyer so we can each decide who gets our charity, not from the ivory tower.
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Patterson Who says u have a moral obligation to take the credit. We need a lawyer so we can each decide who gets our charity, not from the ivory tower.
Testing on arrival wouldn't cut it - could be days before testing showed it and you'd be in the community by then.
That's why we have 14days isolation now.
I'd tolerate 14 days isolation if I was taking my usual 60-70 day trip but not for anything less and most people would go away for 2-4 weeks.
You mean this stuff...
But for many others, the reality is if you've spent $5000 or $10,000 on flights to the US or Europe, they're in quite a privileged position in society as it is.
"The reality is, do you want your need or desire to have your ticket refunded ... do you want that to be the thing that really puts our national carrier into dire straits, and ultimately the service that you want to be there in the future, that you make that vulnerable?" Patterson said.
Well I book monthly return flights for the year ahead at the start of the year for Board meetings in LA, so my companies should morally give it to AIR as a credit and the guys an economist. WTF. Why are we still funding the middle management of AIR so they can get their 300k plus wage subsidy. After all they are funding it on customer airfares paid in advance and an a tax payer loan/equity deal by now, all at the expense of the other shareholders. If they were a professional sports team the so called talent would be kept and everyone else would have a cut cut way deeper by now.
Queenstown is a mess have a couple of rentals I built down there a long time ago..happy to keep the tenants in there for heavy discounted rent..many house down there are getting turned over if empty..many desperate people. Time to give back as we have made a killing down there...
Rotorua more accessible than Queenstown to a decent domestic population. Queenstown is on Ice if Victoria skiers can not come over this winter until the following year.
WTF is right! My frequent travel is local, booked months in advance and thousands of dollars up front, I want all my cancelled flights refunded, pronto. I’ll probably not have a contract soon so last thing I need is 8-12 weeks of pre-paid vouchers for flights I’ll never take. Those thousands of dollars are not the airlines’ to keep or defer, they’re mine, I’m not a charity and I didn’t cancel my flights, they did. Give me my money back. I have no sympathy for the airline or its shareholders. As a customer it’s not my responsibility to be charitable. I’d rather give the refund to the sallies than have the airline spend it on their bloated operating costs. End of rant.
Prob been covered to death here but fyi
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/mon...is-consumer-nz
So as part of their ongoing marketing exercise I guess they keep updating customers of which I am sure nearly everybody is.
But it is interesting how they keep pinning themselves down with the job numbers, I quote
"Weare leaving no stone unturned as we seek savings in all areas of our business.We are in a fight to try and save the 9,000 jobs that will remain after wecomplete the current consultation process that will see up to 3,500 highlytalented Air New Zealanders looking for work elsewhere"
How on earth are they going to pay 9000 staff as a domestic / intl freight only airline.
I nominate this guy for dick of the day;
"But for many others, the reality is if you've spent $5000 or $10,000 on flights to the US or Europe, they're in quite a privileged position in society as it is.
"The reality is, do you want your need or desire to have your ticket refunded ... do you want that to be the thing that really puts our national carrier into dire straits, and ultimately the service that you want to be there in the future, that you make that vulnerable?" Patterson said.
What a complete tosser. Its not the customers fault that Air has not managed their balance sheet. Later in the story:
"At December 31, the airline's liabilities included $1.4 billion revenue in advance, which was tickets it had sold but not yet provided the service for. That was compared with $1 billion cash in the bank."
So by the looks they have been eating customers money before they have provided the service. Bit naughty if you ask me.