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Good. Piss off. I’d rather walk than fly those bastards.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360935993/former-air-nz-boss-greg-foran-be-ceo-us-retail-giant-k
Luv it when useless cunts criticise a man who, had covid not intervened, would have made AIR NZ what it should have been.
Who has actually set it on a course for the future. Has new planes on order and has dealt with the covid fall out, the engine debacle and streamlined lots of their systems.
Comment like that from someone who spends his day trying to get to the beach as an aspiration in his life doesn’t say much for that aspiration. Might as well have stayed in Thailand.
Recall, for a moment, who was the boss before him.
Recall what you said last week or even yesterday about him. In that case, you would be right.
Then we have a broken-down truck driver with a fear of flying, adding his wisdom.
A person whose perspective of people is whether they are rag and bones or not. FFS, how pathetic can you get?
No wonder the sheep didn’t like him.
I can only say I have always had a good experience, but then I am organised and polite.
Perhaps those pointing their finger should look at the person the other fingers are pointing back at.
How much more disgraceful an attitude can you get?
Well Viking, you’re lucky with your Air NZ experiences. I used to think Jetstar were the pits, but from Covid onwards, Air NZ have been expensive, unreliable, and some of their staff are not that great.
Forgot their wokeness, too. Fucking shitarse bro music playing before and after the flight, nary a white person to be seen in their safety videos, and lots of Mowri questions in their quiz.
I will definitely be going Jetstar whenever possible.
And an overweight steward is a safety hazard IMO. It’s bad enough being in a high-rise during a building evacuation and being stuck on the stairs in what could be a burning building, because some honking great landwhale is waddling down the stairs. A plane would be worse.
Tend to agree with your comment re: the former exec, though – he boosted sales at Walmart so presumably can walk the walk, unlike some at that level.
Well, I would have to say that Jet Star were the pits and there is and was plenty of evidence for that. Qantus will use Jet Star and their own power to destroy ANZ.
Then see what you get.
The person who bought wokeness to ANZ was Luxon, so you can hardly blame Foran for that.
As for previously, various people, like Fife, were woke buggers and worse, he and others drove everything to Auckland, stopped flights out of Hamilton and Rotorua to overseas, so Jet Star is welcome to return them. Many here in the bay will be pleased.
Competition is great.
And yep, he got that job on his ability to make things happen.
Oh, and if a plane is burning, you have other problems.
Often wondered why they bother with life jackets. Is its in the water and goin down ya fucked anyway.
And he got the job on his ability to strategise and implement.
Consider how many applicants there would have been for a top job like that. Hundreds out of which 10 would stand out, 4 would get to a short list.
I wasn’t pinning any wokeness on him.
Yes, Jetstar were the pits, but Air NZ engaged in anti-competitive behaviour to almost force them right out of the market. And yes, it would be just as bad if Jetstar forced Air NZ out.
I disagree with your comment re: the plane burning. Plenty of planes land with smoke and/or fire somewhere on the aircraft. Being able to rapidly and efficiently exit could be the difference between life and death, and anyone – passengers or crew, who are overweight and almost certainly slower than others, are a safety hazard.
Apart from that, they are greater payload and need more seat space, so no problem with charging people based on width and weight.
Should be part of the ticket cost.
fly freight and thats what you do.
A foot in the arse and walk right over, if lard arse won’t move over at the landing.
One’s foot might simply become one of many items lodged in the crevasse and lost for eternity.
Go fuck yourself, you miserable, foolish old cunt. Here’s me sticking up for you yesterday. You deserve nothing but problems. Arsehole.
Well, behave like a nasty person towards others, and why wouldn’t you expect it back?
You now understand perhaps how others feel.
Although people in those places never read trash, their staff do, and their organisation does.
Because that’s what you just did to someone you have never met, had a conversation with or even understand and yet without context, you made that remark.
Without even considering any circumstances other than your own, you made that comment.
He didn’t get that job by being incapable. Air NZ is still flying today despite all the misfortune that a company could handle and despite the Qantas, Emirates, Jet Star doing everything in their power and underhandedly to take it down.
That takes enormous strategic ability to survive. ( including dealing with Jacinda and Robertson et al.)
But you have no idea what these things take and look aound an see how many other companies have gone and are still to go yet. Engineering is crashing currently, building has bombed, and there’s a hell of a lot more to fall yet if you look at the IRD site on their stats.
So next time, before you write crap like that, consider just what the person has acheive and it wasn’t sitting on some beach in the sun.
Get fucked Viking. You’re a mongrel.
Nope, not at all. Just calling you out for not being nice.
If that offends you the I remind you that you have no right to be offended.
^ emotional abuse. youre an abuser and a bully 🤣
clearly you don’t know the meaning of the words.
Get outta ya fart sack and do something nice for someone.
Greg Forskan…just as useless as most top management.
you more of a jetstar man hunty?
Yup for sure. AIRNZ is an embarrassment. Full woke and their hosties are fat and old.
Well, you claim not to fly with them, so how do you know?
I used to be a fuckin shareholder….why am I even talking to you. Go and play on the motorway
Settle down.
What did you consume last night?
It wasn’t alcohol according to you.
Got a bee on your arse about something.
YOU. YOU ARE THE FUCKING BEE UP MY ARSE. You are lucky I don’t know where you live.
Good night.
Hi Hunty, don’t let bloggers piss you off. They may actually just be bots…. I don’t know a single person on this blogg, no one knows me, all this is just taps on a keyboard…
And on strike!
You should have been there in the days of NAC & being an air hostess was a career to see beauty school drop outs through to retirement.
I hate flying with a passion & no experience was worse than the Wellington to Christchurch flight to pick up a truck the boss had bought on his recent SI holiday.
I was stuck in an aisle seat & across the aisle was some elderly schoolboy the fat air hostess was trying to set up a tryst with. The terror of being above ground was only matched by the smell of two ton Theresa’s half wiped arse waved in my face as she arranged her sex life with the luckless virgin.
Never again!
“I hate flying with a passion & no experience was worse than the Wellington to Christchurch flight”
So you are frightened of flying then. There’s aname for that phobia.
Why didn’t you just fess up that, actually, you are the problem?
Probably pissed at the time as well.
Imagine all the shit people Hotesses have to deal with in a day and they do, like any front-line people.
As I said above, your own attitude determines the outcome.
You need help. Psychiatric help. You have lost the plot.
Why do you respond? just use your scroll wheel and pass on by.
effing scroll wheel is complaining….
fun ain’t it.
Coffee, tea? Me?
Trolly Dollies ✈️
One step up from supermarket trolley return dolly.
OMFG 😂🤣
Luxon. Just think that could have you jetting off to get your next million!
That bitcoin eh…
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360934932/falling-tech-stocks-and-plunge-bitcoin-hit-wall-street
Bitcoin was always a tulip. Sorry Ed. Good thing is Jacinda is taking a hit on it.
i blame my mate and remind him constantly. everything he tries to invest in shits the bed and he seems to buy in at the high, he bought some btc mid last year, palantir late last year, then a couple weeks ago bought a few kg of silver. the day after his silver it fully shit the bed.
he was having a sulk yesterday when i reminded him, rekons his investments are down 40% across the board on average.
yup blame him its much easier and more funny. told him to tell me his next investment so i can go and short it and take his money, he wasnt impressed.
this is someone btw thats constantly broke, continually borrows from mummy and daddy to pay his bills and when he has a good month at work and comes into money he insists on investing rather than paying down any of his 700k debt… winner. still a good cnut but just terrible with money, hes trying to buy a boat right now but i rekon his awsome luck itll sink first time out on the water!
anybody buying a boat needs help…..
He’s making the world go round , without the numptys there would be no investment gains.
this is true, still cracks me up everything he tries starts to crash within days.
some folk have all the luck and some have none.
hows the harvest going dougal or you all done and dusted? still lots around here to come off, keeps raining a few mm every couple of days to piss them off
Nah miles off , grass cut but cereals look like all the stuff south of Clinton that I saw on friday. Getting about 30mm a week so it going to be a long slow season.
I see that Grapes in the Hawkes Bay are a week and maybe 2 earlier than they have been in 45 or more years.
motivation…. severely lacking today!
wtf is it with weekends esp stupid sundays, good intentions and rigid plans get quickly replaced with procrastination, delays and an ever growing to do list ffs.
im sure im not the only one on here with that problem, the sunday thing must be gods doing so maybe he is real nasska!!!!
on the plus side yesty was very productive and smashed out lots of jobs around the property, todays supposed to be money day in the bush but thick fog and chilly start has had me look at my wetsuit with disgust and disdain… sometimes i think it must be a much easier life just being a grouch cleaning some curtains? its a hard life being an unemployed bum ya know, now i see why bene bludgers get paid so much its a bloody tough gig////
Grey and drizzly in the Waikato so my planned jobs have been shelved until a bit of sun revs my motivation back to life. Nothing like a wet Sunday to S L O W down the day.
Have a great day whatever your motivation. 😊
full sun, blue sky in Nelson! Great to be alive!
Blowing a hooly here. Think I will stay inside.
Mower is in the shop, was going to trim plants hanging over the retaining wall, but they will blow everywhere and make a mess.
Stay inside , I was out cuttin shrubs with hedge cutter and dropped trash on a precious potted plant , so now I am an arsehole for the day .
I spent four hours dusting, vacuuming, mopping, taking care of house plants, spraying weeds. The only recognition I got was a bollocking for leaving a dirty cloth in the sink. Shoulda followed my hunch and gone fishing.
Its a thing with women, ( sorry WG) that no matter what you do, there is always something that could have been done better or not done the way they would have done it. I have given up. Anyway I fucked up big time yesterday nearly burning the kitchen down. Been polishing stainless steel all day to day… Tip of the day, make sure you turn the correct knob on the stove off before leaving the kitchen……
…..”I spent four hours dusting, vacuuming, mopping, taking care of house plants”…..
You’re pussy whipped yah cuck!
Hand in your man card. 🙂
We wives LOVE a man helping with vacuuming, etc. Mr Sagz will be given extra brownie points. 😉
As it should be.
I have to allocate them to myself for all those good deads.
Sorry for your loss Viking. It’s a hard road.
Bet you’re more efficient at hw than hubby. He gets around to pushing our vacuum……e v e n t u a l l y…….
I’ll have to use the cattle prod on him soon! 😆
Heavy rain has just slammed down from the heavens and a gusty southerly. Thanks for pushing it up our way Sooty.
I recently watched a video that came up on a feed.
Lady was an expert in relationships.
What she recommends is that if you want a long life, lots of sex is the answer.
All to do with getting the hormones to work in both partners.
And that takes relationships working, so my advice is not a cattle prod but sme subtle other moves.
She had good reasoning for all that she said.
Mind you, I think she was possibly talking about normal people. Not sure if alternative arrangements exist.
No rain just wind, went to 100 km earlier.
Dying off now.
“YEAH”!!..
Coming dear. Washing to hang out. No problem, sweetheart. I’ll clean the bog for ya as well…
A year as a eunick will do you good.
He doesn’t want to lose his nuts!
ITs reversable, isn’t it?
I just washed my car 🤷♂️
You have a car, rich prick!
im still lying in bed, laaazy cnut.
managed a climb on this morning tho so guess thats classed as doing something. the huntster is probs about to go a 3rd round for the morning tho.
im thinking about thinking about getting my arse outta bed. good things take time!
Ya better run all that past Mr You- Know- Im a bitter and twisted old cnut…
Never said that.
Can’t even get that right.
Brainless about what you say
confirmed.
I live rent free in his head. 🙂
Is that why you do so much bitching about landlords?
Not at all.
you couldn’t afford the cost.
Ya wouldnt wana pay any rent. Imagine the condition of the place. 😁
It’s pretty bad. Dust, cobwebs, creaking doors, cockroaches, mist, shadows, ghosts, rot & the rats have chewed fuck out of the interior.
But the curtains, if old, are clean! 🙂
Your shed at the farm.
I gues you are not allowed one like that in the care home.
Not for slow readers but a wet Sunday afternoon may afford time to digest Expose News’ excellent wrap up of the psych ops the state directed against its citizens during the Covid scam.
https://expose-news.com/2026/02/14/covid-19-psyops-and-technocracy-chapter-7/
#. “Key aspects of the psychological warfare included a “protecting others” motif, emotional manipulation using guilt, shifting blame onto the public, creating the idea of the “enemy within,” creating scapegoats, persuasion-by-association, dehumanisation and encouraging citizens to police and punish each other.”
As the sheep forget the horrors of the recent past the next phase of the campaign to get us to beg for more controls & surveillance creeps closer.
I see local manipulation with an ad warning of bird flu. The latest ad uses a cute wee budgie targeting the gullible, old and confused with a favourite pet as a virus laden death trap 🥺 💉
Pharma are getting bloody desperate.
NZ and Aussie are going to toss them to the wolves soon.
Only 2 countries allow advertising, as far as I am aware.
NZ and America.
Ivermectin is pouring in, so sooner or later, all the information that’s coming out will force a rethink.
A local here with stage 4 Prostrate cancer decided to try. Is now free.
Decide what you like, but it’s a choice to try.
12mg tablets here.
https://shopwellnesslab.com/?syclid=9d86bdb3-d3cc-42c4-afa7-60e7f50cf05e
Is this local?
Nope, not allowed.
The Govt. thinks it knows what you should be feed.
Some clever fella in Israel has started a business that converts landmines into prayer mats.
Prophets ate going sky high.
After this weekend even the most devout Green voting Wellingtonians must be having doubts. The latest storm porn from Stuff includes advice on how to deal with airborne sewage:
#. “Wellington City Council is urging residents to stay off south coast beaches and take extra care outdoors as severe southerly winds and heavy rain are forecast over the next 24 hours.”
#. “Residents are urged to stay out of the water and off beaches along the south coast. The biggest health risk is from direct contact with contaminated water, including swimming, surfing or eating kaimoana from affected areas.”
Fair enough BUT clean, green NZ has plumbed new lows without a dairy farm in sight:
#. “In windy conditions, there is a low risk sea spray containing bugs could cause illness. People are advised to keep windows closed during large waves and strong winds as a precaution.”
You know your shit’s really coming at you when the next lungful of life giving air contains a chunk of a fellow citizen’s turd!
Don’t know what the fuss is about. In Johannesburg there is a “river” The Jukskei, that runs from JHB out to the country. There are informal settlements along the banks in many places. People shit in the stream and about 10metres further down, people are collecting water for cooking and drinking. And they only die from bullet wounds…..
Literally a shit storm.
😂
The shit has hit the fan.
Granddaughter works for Watercare, and they offered help, but were refused.
All the electrics are underwater, most likely years old, (remember in the cyclone that was what happened to the Wairoa power substation)
Reports indicate they have now started screening all the wastewater so that the solids are removed. Turds are not solids.
In Auckland, they have shelves loaded with pack men and teeth and all sorts that make their way there. (vibrators?)
Those bloody wipes are a huge problem as they go to the tip. Don’t disintegrate and collect fat.
New Wellington sign
Gees, she’s a bit breezy of the lower east coast from Wellington up.
Naaksa will be able to roll out to the coast and collect his Kai Moana with an overlay of Wellington sauces.
https://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/maps-radars/wind/current-wind
State of emergency declared for Tararua District ahead of incoming severe weatherHeavy rain warnings have been issued for Tairāwhiti Gisborne, part of Hawke’s Bay, part of Whanganui and Manawatū, part of Wellington and Wairarapa, Taihape, Tararua District and Tararua Range, Kaikōura District and part of Canterbury.
Strong wind warnings have been issued for Tairāwhiti Gisborne, Wairarapa, Tararua District, Wellington and part of Marlborough.
Send a poacher to catch a thief.
After a public outcry, the Government is imposing a two-year ban on taking shellfish from rockpools north of Auckland.
The ban is for all of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, and further north at Kawau Bay and Ōmaha Bay.
Locals have said more people are taking sea life and beaches were being stripped bare.
Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones said on Sunday most people did the right thing “and gather only what is appropriate and legal”, but others were exploiting and collapsing ecosystems.
The ban will take effect from March 12 and will be enforced by fishery officers.
Oceans and Fisheries Under-Secretary Jenny Marcroft said officials “have been directed to explore how community volunteers can be supported to encourage visitors to do the right thing”.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/two-year-ban-on-taking-shellfish-and-seaweed-from-rockpools-north-of-auckland/2E3ZEN5PLVEFDARG3C54QGZJEM/
Now they will need to have more in other places and NO exchanging takeaways for dollars. Yeh right.
well cant say i was fully motivated but managed to get my lazy arse into a wetsuit and head bush. a couple hours paddling in the water i scrounged up a couple of nuggets and few other bits of yellow rocks. not a bad sunday arvo really, ive earned a ginger beer or 5 i rekon!
not bad for a lad!
bit of other smaller gold found aswell but the 3 bigger chunks total a smidge under 4grams.
its certainly improved my motivation levels for tommorow… and ill probs end up finding nothing haha, that the joys of chasing gold
Genuine question. What purity is that gold?
93-94%
apparently nz has some of the purest alluvial gold in the world, some areas up around central otago can be 96-98% pure.
I looked up to see what I could find, but most of the stuff was about jewellery gold.
Seems there might be testing kits that can be got.
it gets assayed by the refinery when i sell it, without fancy lab equipment the testing available to average folk is pretty limited and not that accurate, just for jewellery which has rather large jumps in purity.
i have some yukon gold, its 86% and you can visibly tell its far less pure as its quite alot darker due to the likes of copper/nickel etc.
I appreciate that forecasting weather on a narrow, steep tract of land at the arse end of the Pacific Ocean is not exactly simple but I do wonder if anyone has a clue about what’s going on.
Instance Masterton which according to Metservice is due for about 25mm of rain before midnight which isn’t exactly a big deal. Contrast this with Weatherwatch who are shooting for 60mm over the same period. This would cause surface flooding on the flats & many farmers on hill country out towards the coast will be shitting bricks.
Who’s right, who’s wrong & why the massive difference?
Just use windy.com. they use the ECMWF which is very accurate. Rest are crap .Especially the BOM and anything local.
yr uses it too, 9mnths of the year its accurate as fuck but for some reason jan-april is shithouse mainly with rainfall.
swellmap uses it too, same deal its shit over summer/early autumn.
windy i only use for wind, swell and freezing levels in the hills.
often it tells us its pissing down and its blue sky and not one drop, this years been exceptionally bad. i only use forecasts for the wind and just look at the horizons on the day to predict if their rain forecast is going to be any good.
poor old billiam gates just cant help but keep making himself more hated…
https://youtu.be/6-x4GuEfu60?si=klBHxJf47U5ZgV6x
Weirdo world. It would be humorous if he wasn’t deadly,
the funny thing is he dosent want anyone spying on him and gets all shitty a few private emails have been made public yet this pos wants full retard nanny state surveilance of all the peasants.
get fucked ya cunt, fuck he needs to hurry up and die.
yep hes a megalomaniac who, like others, thinks he should own the world.
I see Trumpy has gone after Soros as a terrorist or something and Soros has shot through quicksmart.
Another evil piece of shit.