Comments on: MAS Travel Fair 2006 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/ Get a grip! Fri, 18 May 2012 01:56:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Boredworkers.com » Insider: MAS Travel Fair 2006 Ticket Prices http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-461 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 09:01:08 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-461 [...] More information on MAS Travel Fair 2006 [...] […] More information on MAS Travel Fair 2006 […]

]]> by: gbyeow http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-449 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:13:42 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-449 Haha. I would love to be in a position that I can financially support them. Then I wouldn't have to work so hard :p Haha. I would love to be in a position that I can financially support them. Then I wouldn’t have to work so hard :p

]]> by: SK http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-442 Sat, 11 Feb 2006 06:54:19 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-442 We all "know" that they "know" what to do. The question is, who is going to do it? So far, Idris Jala seems like instiling some sense into it, or if "being seen as" is a proper context for you to absorb. As for my side, merely sitting in as a passenger is the best effort that I can provide, albeit tad bit of help is very much trivial. Don't get me wrong, I can't afford to support them financially yet. ;-) We all “know” that they “know” what to do.

The question is, who is going to do it? So far, Idris Jala seems like instiling some sense into it, or if “being seen as” is a proper context for you to absorb.

As for my side, merely sitting in as a passenger is the best effort that I can provide, albeit tad bit of help is very much trivial.

Don’t get me wrong, I can’t afford to support them financially yet. ;-)

]]> by: gbyeow http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-439 Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:02:56 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-439 Only 5 days more till the release of the list of offers. Grazer: I heard they have a very strong staff union. You're right about them being overstaffed and inefficient. SK: Well, its not really about us supporting them financially by being passengers but them bucking up and changing some of their damned policies. Not that I'm claiming to know what to do in their shoes but I think that they just need to apply a little more common sense. Only 5 days more till the release of the list of offers.

Grazer: I heard they have a very strong staff union. You’re right about them being overstaffed and inefficient.

SK: Well, its not really about us supporting them financially by being passengers but them bucking up and changing some of their damned policies.

Not that I’m claiming to know what to do in their shoes but I think that they just need to apply a little more common sense.

]]> by: SK http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-434 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 07:16:38 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-434 I'm trying to support MAS most of the time. When I'm on business trip, I'll look into MAS availability before I turn to SQ. I take this as a way to help revive MAS too, you can say I'm trying to do Idris Jala a favor, not to fight him internally and favouring the neighboorhood Harry Lee airlines. ;-) I’m trying to support MAS most of the time. When I’m on business trip, I’ll look into MAS availability before I turn to SQ.

I take this as a way to help revive MAS too, you can say I’m trying to do Idris Jala a favor, not to fight him internally and favouring the neighboorhood Harry Lee airlines. ;-)

]]> by: GraZer http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-432 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 05:11:46 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-432 I highly doubt the new chairman can turn things around. It's always the same story every 3 years for the past 6 years (coz the chairman's tenure is 3 years i think). When he first steps in, perhaps they can break even (on paper) but then the losses will come in again. He cannot solve, so they bring another guy in. And the cycle carries on. Imagine cutting cost on things like in-flight newspapers, deserts, Milo drinks. They're not getting to the root of the problem! Reduce staff inefficiencies even if it means cutting off senior staff and consultants! Why get 6 ppl to do a 1 person job? Why hire consultants with expensive fees only for them to tell you "Don't give Milo and newspapers to your passengers." ? It's just like paying 1 million to a consultant to do a study on the Rothmans roundabout for them to tell the council to put traffic lights at the roundabout! Clearly something is very wrong in there and that something wrong has been going on for lightyears. Their pride is just too strong (or stupid). They are willing to upkeep their pride even if it means loosing hundreds of millions every year. I highly doubt the new chairman can turn things around. It’s always the same story every 3 years for the past 6 years (coz the chairman’s tenure is 3 years i think). When he first steps in, perhaps they can break even (on paper) but then the losses will come in again. He cannot solve, so they bring another guy in. And the cycle carries on. Imagine cutting cost on things like in-flight newspapers, deserts, Milo drinks. They’re not getting to the root of the problem! Reduce staff inefficiencies even if it means cutting off senior staff and consultants! Why get 6 ppl to do a 1 person job? Why hire consultants with expensive fees only for them to tell you “Don’t give Milo and newspapers to your passengers.” ? It’s just like paying 1 million to a consultant to do a study on the Rothmans roundabout for them to tell the council to put traffic lights at the roundabout!

Clearly something is very wrong in there and that something wrong has been going on for lightyears.

Their pride is just too strong (or stupid). They are willing to upkeep their pride even if it means loosing hundreds of millions every year.

]]> by: gbyeow http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-430 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 01:09:06 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-430 SK: How competitive indeed. Can't be as good as Air Asia's free tickets though. However, we can't really compare the two since Air Asia only offered tickets within the Asian region whereas MAS's tickets are for destinations around the world. Definitely worth checking it out if you're planning a holiday (I think the offers are better than MATTA fair). Sheena: You're most welcome. And I would definitely like to see MAS succeed too. SK: How competitive indeed. Can’t be as good as Air Asia’s free tickets though. However, we can’t really compare the two since Air Asia only offered tickets within the Asian region whereas MAS’s tickets are for destinations around the world. Definitely worth checking it out if you’re planning a holiday (I think the offers are better than MATTA fair).

Sheena: You’re most welcome. And I would definitely like to see MAS succeed too.

]]> by: Sheena http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-428 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 17:32:00 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-428 THANKS for the heads-up on the travel fair. And you're right, it was dumb for the consultant to recommend cancelling last year's travel fair. A number-cruncher, he ain't. At least the director at that time wasn't dumb enough to actually take his advice. Concidentally, just read a piece in the newspaper recently commending Idris Jala for the subtle, but solid groundwork (and repairwork) he has been laying within MAS. He does have his work cut out for him, but he also seems like the man to get that work done. THANKS for the heads-up on the travel fair.

And you’re right, it was dumb for the consultant to recommend cancelling last year’s travel fair. A number-cruncher, he ain’t. At least the director at that time wasn’t dumb enough to actually take his advice.

Concidentally, just read a piece in the newspaper recently commending Idris Jala for the subtle, but solid groundwork (and repairwork) he has been laying within MAS. He does have his work cut out for him, but he also seems like the man to get that work done.

]]> by: SK http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-427 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:50:24 +0000 http://www.boredworkers.com/2006/02/08/mas-travel-fair-2006/#comment-427 5 millions of tickets, I'm going to see how "competitive" the price is going to be, in which I also hope MAS will do well at this fare. 5 millions of tickets, I’m going to see how “competitive” the price is going to be, in which I also hope MAS will do well at this fare.

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