Qantas Rewards Taxpayer Generosity During Spicy Cough Era By Offshoring A Further 850 Jobs To India

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Qantas has this week announced more job cuts in head office, with more than 850 jobs to be offshorred to India.

The announcement has left many in the community wondering why, especially when we all had to tip in hundreds of millions of dollars to keep the company afloat during the spicy cough era.

It's been seen as a greedy, and sadly typical move by an airline that once inspired a nation and was a source of pride for many.

Speaking to The Advocate this morning in the line for coffee, downstairs at the cafe in the foyer of our building this newspapers shares with other soulless, perverted entities like condom maker Ansell and the Dutch Consulate, one local man said the plan to kick Aussie workers to the ditch just before Christmas and give their jobs to Indian management consultants has got him wound up.

"Those cunts!" he said in earshot of at least five women.

"Can you believe it. How much did we give that weedy little Fenian fuck? A billion? Sounds about right! And bloody what's her name who's running it now, she's just as bloody bad,"

"I tell you what, we should've taken stock for all the money we paid them. Like those cunce [sic] in Germany. They bailed out Lufthansa and took an equity position in it. The Transport Minister should be on the board of Qantas. It's just got me so angry."

While not wrong, our reporter was trying to defuse the conversation and turn the temperature down. As we were still in public and he was swearing quiet a lot.

"The wrong airline died in 2001. We should've saved Ansett. They never would have treated people this bad. Probably why they went arse up, made sure everyone got their entitlements then smashed it into the wall. Sad."

Finally at the front of the queue, the man ordered his half-shot jumbo mocca and took a breath.

"They're bastards, they are."

More to come.