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Dear Former KQ Staff,

How are you. You have been selected since your work is to climb people only.

Due to the current financial situation caused by the slowdown of economy,
Management has decided to implement a scheme to put workers of 40 years of
age and above on early retirement.

This scheme will be known as RAPE (Retire Aged People Early).
Persons selected to be RAPED can apply to management to be eligible for
the SHAFT scheme (Special Help After Forced Termination).

Persons who have been RAPED and SHAFTED will be reviewed under the SCREW
programme (Scheme Covering Retired Early Workers). A person may be RAPED
once,SHAFTED twice and SCREWED as many times as Management deems appropriate.

Persons who have been RAPED can only get AIDS (Additional Income for
Dependants & Spouse) or HERPES (Half Earnings for Retired Personnel Early
Severance). Obviously persons who have AIDS or HERPES will not be SHAFTED
or SCREWED any further by Management. Persons who are not RAPED and are
staying on will receive as much SH!T (Special High Intensity Training) as
possible.

Management has always prided itself on the amount of SH!T it gives
employees. Should you feel that you do not receive enough SH!T, please
bring to the attention of your Supervisor. They have been trained to give
you all the SH!T you can handle.

Your Golden handshake will be sent via MPESA

Sincerely,
Tait Ass.

So will KK employees get RAPED, SHAFTED or SCREWED?

I think everybody is frustrated and not just the pilots.They've used to smooth sailing but what they might be beginning to experience ain't something new to the other careers.
KQ has been training its pilots,sending them to SA, Ethiopia and UK for training,all expenses footed by the airline. Aren't such pilots safe from the axe?
KQ ain't the gov't, just to be employing people without considering their economic value.
If one can be retrenched, they are not that worth to the entity.
The rude side of capitalism.

The cancer is everywhere;

American Eagle, the regional-flying sister of American Airlines, is seeking to throw out labor contracts with mechanics and other ground workers.

Flight attendants overwhelmingly approved a new contract.

The company asked a federal bankruptcy judge on Friday to let it cancel contracts covering mechanics, dispatchers and ground school instructors.

This delay of planes is really costing them.

Japan Airlines Initial Share Sale Priced at Top of Range - http://www.bloomberg.com...of-range-cnbc-says.html

Japan Airlines is returning to the market to offload shares in an IPO after a round-trip into bankruptcy and back to life...

A bit out of the way but still on bankruptcy issues, AIG share sale to net US Treasury $18 billion. Yep, selling to suckers!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19541149

Please explain how the delay in 787s is costing them.
Give factual figures where possible.

I still have this feeling KQ will report a loss for H1 - why the urgency to restructure their staffing, although they are growing?