AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Qantas Chairwoman Silent Goto page 1, 2  Next          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Planes, gliders and flying in Australia View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message thegoons Guest Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 5:59 pm    Post subject: Qantas Chairwoman Silent Not so much as a boo from the Qantas Chairwoman after the on-again-off-again flopped APA bid. Being a token woman on the board, she must await instruction from G. Dixon before talking to the public. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Back to top Rod Speed Guest Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 11:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairwoman Silent thegoons <thegoons (AT) bigpond (DOT) com> wrote: Quote: Not so much as a boo from the Qantas Chairwoman after the on-again-off-again flopped APA bid. Being a token woman on the board, she must await instruction from G. Dixon before talking to the public. Or she's got enough of a clue to have noticed how spectacularly she fucked up running off at the mouth and has the sense to shut up now. Back to top Paul Day Guest Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:10 am    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairwoman Silent On Tue, 8 May 2007 22:59:32 +1000 in aus.comms thegoons may have written: Quote: Not so much as a boo from the Qantas Chairwoman after the on-again-off-again flopped APA bid. Being a token woman on the board, she must await instruction from G. Dixon before talking to the public. And this is of interest to aus.comms why? *Sets a correct Followup-To* PD -- Paul Day Back to top James Bell Guest Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:10 am    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairwoman Silent "Paul Day" <pauls (AT) enigma (DOT) id.au> wrote in message news:1178674531.382791 (AT) colossus (DOT) enigma.id.au... Quote: And this is of interest to aus.comms why? Umm we are discussing someone "talking" - isn't that COMMunications? Back to top Rod Speed Guest Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:30 am    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairman Silent Kwyjibo <kwyjibo (AT) removeozdebate (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote Craig Welch <craig (AT) pacific (DOT) net.sg> wrote thegoons wrote Not so much as a boo from the Qantas Chairwoman She's not the 'chairwoman'. after the on-again-off-again flopped APA bid. Really? Her comments have been reported on the ABC, and in the Murdoch and Fairfax press. As well as Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. Which newspapers have you been reading? I don't think the Christian Science Monitor has run much on the story. Being a token woman on the board, she must await instruction from G. Dixon before talking to the public. That's a few times you've opined thus. Would you care to back up your statement? Any particular reason why you believe she's a token? Are you of the view that any senior woman can only be there because she's a token? Have you been spurned in love recently? Jackson is Dixon's employer. Wrong, as always. Huh? He's employed by the board Wrong, he's employed by the company which happens to have a board. Quote: of which she is the chairman. You did manage to get that bit right, by accident presumably. Quote: Unless the world has gone topsy turvy, that makes her his employer. Wrong, as always. Back to top thegoons Guest Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:20 am    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairman Silent "Kwyjibo" <kwyjibo (AT) removeozdebate (DOT) com> wrote in message news:4641b2b0$0$9094$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... Quote: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:5adbdqF2nu6ujU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net... Craig Welch <craig (AT) pacific (DOT) net.sg> wrote: thegoons wrote: Not so much as a boo from the Qantas Chairwoman She's not the 'chairwoman'. Wrong again as always. Or is the Sydney Morning Herald wrong in reporting her as being 'chairwoman', along with comments by Jeff Kennett, and then these websites: http://www.answers.com/topic/chairwoman http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chairwoman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairwoman Quote: after the on-again-off-again flopped APA bid. Really? Her comments have been reported on the ABC, and in the Murdoch and Fairfax press. As well as Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. Which newspapers have you been reading? I don't think the Christian Science Monitor has run much on the story. Being a token woman on the board, she must await instruction from G. Dixon before talking to the public. That's a few times you've opined thus. Would you care to back up your statement? Any particular reason why you believe she's a token? Are you of the view that any senior woman can only be there because she's a token? Have you been spurned in love recently? Jackson is Dixon's employer. Wrong, as always. Huh? He's employed by the board of which she is the chairman. Unless the world has gone topsy turvy, that makes her his employer. -- She's the chairwoman of the board, she's not the board, so hardly his "employer". Quote: Kwyj. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Back to top GB Guest Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:35 am    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairman Silent "thegoons" <thegoons (AT) bigpond (DOT) com> wrote in news:46423cc3$0$16393$88260bb3 @free.teranews.com: Quote: Or is the Sydney Morning Herald wrong in reporting her as being 'chairwoman', along with comments by Jeff Kennett, and then these websites: http://www.answers.com/topic/chairwoman http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chairwoman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairwoman Wow! You really go for the 'reliable sources' in a big way, don't you. GB -- "Most police misconduct occurs when citizens challenge an individual officer's authority" (Reiss, 1971 c.in Jermier & Berkes 1979) Back to top Matt Richards Guest Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:03 am    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairman Silent "thegoons" <thegoons (AT) bigpond (DOT) com> wrote in message news:46423cc3$0$16393$88260bb3 (AT) free (DOT) teranews.com... Quote: "Kwyjibo" <kwyjibo (AT) removeozdebate (DOT) com> wrote in message news:4641b2b0$0$9094$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:5adbdqF2nu6ujU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net... Craig Welch <craig (AT) pacific (DOT) net.sg> wrote: thegoons wrote: Not so much as a boo from the Qantas Chairwoman She's not the 'chairwoman'. Wrong again as always. The Qantas website lists her as Chairman. http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/qantasBoardOfDirectors#jump0 Matt. Back to top Kwyjibo Guest Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:15 am    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairman Silent "thegoons" <thegoons (AT) bigpond (DOT) com> wrote in message news:46423cc3$0$16393$88260bb3 (AT) free (DOT) teranews.com... Quote: "Kwyjibo" <kwyjibo (AT) removeozdebate (DOT) com> wrote in message news:4641b2b0$0$9094$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:5adbdqF2nu6ujU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net... Craig Welch <craig (AT) pacific (DOT) net.sg> wrote: thegoons wrote: Not so much as a boo from the Qantas Chairwoman She's not the 'chairwoman'. Wrong again as always. Or is the Sydney Morning Herald wrong in reporting her as being 'chairwoman', along with comments by Jeff Kennett, Yep. All wrong. Quote: and then these websites: http://www.answers.com/topic/chairwoman http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chairwoman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairwoman ROFL.Could you possibly pick any WORSE references? Let's see what Qantas has to say: http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/qantasBoardOfDirectors Hmmm. It seems they think she's the Chairman. -- Kwyj. Back to top Scenic Guest Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:18 am    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairman Silent Matt Richards wrote: Quote: The Qantas website lists her as Chairman. http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/qantasBoardOfDirectors#jump0 and it also shows quite clearly that Mr Dixon is also a member board. Back to top away-pits Guest Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:23 am    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairman Silent On May 10, 7:18 am, Scenic <Sce...@OFaolin.net.au> wrote: Quote: Matt Richards wrote: The Qantas website lists her as Chairman. http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/qantasBoardOfDirectors#jump0 and it also shows quite clearly that Mr Dixon is also a member board. And his dog is named plank Back to top thegoons Guest Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 5:01 am    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairman Silent "Kwyjibo" <kwyjibo (AT) removeozdebate (DOT) com> wrote in message news:4642553b$0$9117$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... Quote: Let's see what Qantas has to say: http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/qantasBoardOfDirectors Hmmm. It seems they think she's the Chairman. Always thought she had balls. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Back to top Craig Welch Guest Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 5:39 am    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairman Silent thegoons wrote: Quote: "Kwyjibo": Let's see what Qantas has to say: http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/qantasBoardOfDirectors Hmmm. It seems they think she's the Chairman. Always thought she had balls. Yet just a short while ago you said: "I thought Ms Jackson was a bit butch, but I didn't realise she had balls." If you're going to play here, you need to be consistent. -- Craig Back to top Craig Welch Guest Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 5:43 am    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairman Silent thegoons wrote: Quote: "Kwyjibo": "Rod Speed": Craig Welch: thegoons wrote: Not so much as a boo from the Qantas Chairwoman She's not the 'chairwoman'. Wrong again as always. Or is the Sydney Morning Herald wrong in reporting her as being 'chairwoman', along with comments by Jeff Kennett, and then these websites: Yes, the SMH is indeed wrong. It's just some reporter being politically correct. Or perhaps his editor. Quote: http://www.answers.com/topic/chairwoman http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chairwoman Astonishing. You seek to comment on the English language, so you turn to American dictionaries. Do you not just pick up the English dictionary that sits on your desk? What's that? You don't have one? More astonishment. Quote: after the on-again-off-again flopped APA bid. Really? Her comments have been reported on the ABC, and in the Murdoch and Fairfax press. As well as Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. Which newspapers have you been reading? I don't think the Christian Science Monitor has run much on the story. Your response? Or do you now admit that she has commented, and the press have reported it? Quote: Being a token woman on the board, she must await instruction from G. Dixon before talking to the public. That's a few times you've opined thus. Would you care to back up your statement? Any particular reason why you believe she's a token? Are you of the view that any senior woman can only be there because she's a token? Have you been spurned in love recently? Your response? Or do you have no factual basis on which to conclude that she's a token? -- Craig Back to top Kwyjibo Guest Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:09 am    Post subject: Re: Qantas Chairman Silent "thegoons" <thegoons (AT) bigpond (DOT) com> wrote in message news:4642547d$0$24006$88260bb3 (AT) free (DOT) teranews.com... Quote: "Kwyjibo" <kwyjibo (AT) removeozdebate (DOT) com> wrote in message news:4642553b$0$9117$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au... Let's see what Qantas has to say: http://www.qantas.com.au/info/about/qantasBoardOfDirectors Hmmm. It seems they think she's the Chairman. Always thought she had balls. Liar. -- Kwyj. 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