Quaint Arse has confirmed it will cut 1500 jobs as it grapples with higher fuel prices that have hit the global aviation industry. 

Transport Workers Union national airline officer Scott Connolly criticised for not consulting Qantas employees before the announcement. 

"It's nothing short of another slap in the face for workers and their families who have year-in and year-out have delivered record profits for the company," he said. 

Qantas Slashes 1500 Jobs 

Dixon is a renowned exponent of sacrificing people for profit … 

When asked recently how he could object to a 5% pay rise for Quaint Arse Engineers, when his own miserable stipend runs to only $6.5M a year, Dixon responded that he & his fellow looters had accepted a wage freeze. 

Screw Dixon & Quaint Arse ... everyone should simply vote with their feet & wallets & truly cull the flying kangaroo….. 

But if we think Quaint Arse is being difficult, consider the state of the cattle car industry in the land of the free ….. 

Long lines & rising prices, now coupled with the possibility of walking into an airport & having a bracelet with the power to completely incapacitate you attached to your wrist. 

As reported by The Washington Times earlier this week, Paul Ruwaldt, an official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, wrote a letter to the Canadian security company Lamperd Less Lethal, Inc. requesting a proposal for a stun-gun-type device to be used for international border management, prisoner transfer & other security situations. Ruwaldt also wrote: "it is conceivable to envision a use to improve airline security, on passenger planes." 

The company has suggested in the past that the device could not only contain airline passengers' personal information & track their whereabouts, but could have the ability to render each passenger "completely immobile for several minutes." 

"The steward/stewardess will have a laser activator that can activate any bracelet as needed by simply pointing the laser at the bracelet - that laser dot only needs to be within 10 inches of the bracelet to activate it." 

The video narrator says wearing the bracelet is "a small inconvenience."   

The video ends with a confident appraisal of passengers' willingness to submit to Big Brother: "Many if not most passengers would happily opt for the extra security of the EMD safety bracelet." 

No wonder air travel is increasingly unpopular…..