Rasuah atau upah?

utusan |Wartawan Utusan Malaysia, Khairuddin Mohd. Amin hari ini menerima kejutan apabila anugerah tiket penerbangan percuma seumur hidup oleh syarikat penerbangan tambang murah, AirAsia Berhad (AirAsia).

Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif AirAsia, Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes berkata, pemilihan Khairuddin yang merupakan Penolong Pengarang Ekonomi Utusan Malaysia dibuat kerana liputan berita dan artikel beliau yang banyak membantu perkembangan syarikat berkenaan.

‘‘Dengan itu, beliau layak menggunakan penerbangan AirAsia pada bila-bila masa untuk semua destinasi sepanjang hayatnya,’’ katanya pada majlis penyampaian hadiah itu di Terminal Penerbangan Tambang Murah (LCCT) di sini.... selanjutnya.

Kisah Tony Fernandes dan laman facebook

klpos | APABILA seorang pelanggan AirAsia belum mendapat bayaran balik daripada syarikat penerbangan tambang rendah itu, beliau menghantar pesanan kepada Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) AirAsia, Datuk Tony Fernandes, menerusi laman sosial di Internet, Facebook.

Tanpa membuang masa, Datuk Fernandes menjawabnya, meminta nombor rujukan dan memastikan masalah itu diselesaikan.

Datuk Fernandes merupakan antara lebih 31 juta pengguna Facebook di seluruh dunia.

Apa yang bermula sebagai inisiatif peribadi secara tidak langsung telah membuka satu laluan baru untuk orang ramai, termasuk pelanggan AirAsia, untuk berinteraksi dan memberikan maklum balas.

'Apabila mendengar kakitangan berbual mengenai Facebook, saya tertarik dan hendak memastikan saya selari dengan peredaran masa.

'Jadi saya memulakan akaun dan dari situ bertemu dengan ramai rakan lama dan juga rakan baru,' kata Datuk Fernandes ketika diwawancara menerusi panggilan jarak jauh, baru-baru ini.

Menerusi Facebook, kenalannya di laman sosial itu telah memberikan kata-kata rangsangan mengenai AirAsia, meminta nasihat beliau mengenai perniagaan malah menawarkan saranan perniagaan.

'Tetapi pertanyaan yang sering saya dapat di Facebook adalah: Adakah anda benar-benar Tony Fernandes? Ramai yang ingatkan akaun itu milik seorang penyamar,' ceritanya lagi.... selanjutnya.

MAS beri hutang Air Asia RM113 juta?

Suarakeadilan | Ahli Parlimen Pakatan Rakyat kawasan Wangsa Maju, Wee Choo Keong mendedahkan kepada dewan hari ini bahawa syarikat penerbangan negara, Malaysian Airlines System Berhad (MASB) ada memberikan hutang kepada syarikat penerbangan tambang murah iaitu Air Asia Berhad sebanyak RM113 juta.

Bercakap mengenai perkara itu dalam ucapan perbahasan usul kajian separuh penggal Rancangan Malaysia Ke-9, Choo Keong menyatakan rasa hairan apabila Menteri Pengangkutan hanya memberitahu jumlah pinjaman tersebut hanya sebanyak RM86 juta sahaja dan tidak sebagaimana maklumat yang ada pada beliau.

Choo Keong turut mempertikaikan kebekesanan pihak kerajaan khususnya kementerian kewangan yang tidak cekap untuk kembali menuntut semula hutang yang ditanggung GLC tersebut.

Menurut Choo Keong lagi, dari segi memberi kontrak LCCT fasa kedua pula kerajaan BN amat ‘cekap’ dengan menganugerahkan projek tersebut hanya 10 hari selepas pilihan raya umum lalu kepada syarikat ‘kroni’ yang dipercayai milik seorang menantu VVIP negara iaitu, Fajarbaru Building.

Orang kaya Malaysia pun dapat subsidi

TONY TAMBANG MURAH?

OH TONY! Masakan kita lupa ungkapan Tony Fernandes bila MAS memperkenalkan skim tambang sifar baru-baru ini?

Ini lah kata-kata Tony tempoh hari:"Kita percaya MAS menerima subsidi kerajaan untuk operasi laluan (KL-Singapore) ini (NST, 5/5/08).

MAS sahajakah yang mendapat subsidi, Tony? Yang pastinya TIDAK. Bos Air Asia ini merupakan orang yang ke 24 terkaya di Malaysia mengikut... selanjutnya di kedahku
Tony Fernandes's Travel Privilege On Malaysia Airlines Withdrawn

no2umno - Yang kaya bertambah kaya, yang miskin papa kedana. Di tarik Subsidi marah jadinya. Itu lah dia TONY antara manusia terkaya di negara.

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Tony marah, keistimewaan di tarik

Menarik berita tentang Tony Fernandez. Bukan ape, korang nak tau perangai orang orang kaya ... berita ni paling bagus. Tau perangai diorang...mak ai, tak kedekut, tak kaya. semuanya nak benda free.

Bernama - Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif (CEO) AirAsia Datuk Tony Fernandes berkata rakan sejawatnya dalam Malaysia Airlines (MAS) bersikap "kebudak-budakan" kerana menarik balik diskaun lumayan yang dinikmatinya dalam penerbangan MAS.

Fernandes memberitahu Bernama Isnin malam, diskaun seperti itu sebenarnya "amalan standard" serupa dengan yang diberikan kepadanya oleh syarikat penerbangan seperti Cathay Pacific, Virgin, Qantas dan sebagainya.

"Ia adalah budi bahasa yang dihulurkan kepada CEO syarikat penerbangan. Sama seperti dalam muzik industri, saya memberikan CD percuma kepada Warner Music atau sebaliknya," kata Fernandes, yang menceburi industri muzik sebelum beliau memulakan AirAsia enam tahun lepas yang kini berkembang menjadi syarikat penerbangan tambang murah terbesar di Asia.

Pengarah Urusan dan CEO MAS Datuk Seri Idris Jala, dalam suratnya kepada Fernandes bertarikh 28 Mei, dan salinannya dihantar menerusi e-mel kepada Bernama, mengumumkan keputusan pengurusan syarikat penerbangan itu untuk menarik balik diskaun perjalanan Fernandes.

Idris berkata pihak pengurusan menerima banyak surat bantahan daripada banyak kakitangan MAS berhubung keistimewaan perjalanan ketua AirAsia itu ekoran "kenyataan negatif" yang dikeluarkannya mengenai MAS.

Dalam suratnya Idris berkata: "Ramai pekerja kami merasa amat tersinggung dan kecewa dengan apa yang mereka baca di akhbar. Perasaan marah di kalangan pekerja ini semakin meningkat, begitu juga dengan tekanan dari pihak kesatuan setiap hari".

Beliau juga berkata ekoran banyak kritikan Fernandes terhadap MAS, pihak pengurusan tiada pilihan selain menarik balik keistimewaan perjalanan berkuatkuasa 1 Jun.

Bagaimanapun Fernandes dalam reaksinya terhadap keputusan oleh seteru dalam perniagaannya itu berkata kritikannya terhadap MAS dicetuskan semata-mata oleh gesaan AirAsia supaya syarikat penerbangan negara itu "bersaing secara sihat".

"Apa yang saya katakan cuma MAS perlu memberikan kami peluang untuk bersaing secara sihat.

Contohnya MAS sentiasa menentang penerbangan AirAsia ke Singapura," kata Fernandes semasa merujuk kepada isu utama bagi dua syarikat penerbangan itu, iaitu apa yang dilihat sebagai laluan paling menguntungkan di rantau ini.

Ditanya sekiranya beliau percaya kesatuan sekerja MAS yang menekan syarikat penerbangan itu untuk menarik balik diskaun 50 peratus bagi Kelas Pertama/Perniagaan dan 75 peratus bagi kelas Ekonomi, Fernandes berkata: "Kami hanya mahu diberi layanan adil.

Apa gunanya untuk perkara ini dijadikan terlalu bersifat peribadi?" katanya.

Pelopor syarikat penerbangan tambang murah yang lantang bercakap itu berkata beliau memberikan sepenuh tumpuan kepada perniagaannya dan pemegang saham AirAsia, sambil menambah, "Orang yang tidak sukakan saya akan sentiasa mencari jalan untuk tidak menyukai saya."

Ditanya sama ada tindakan MAS menarik balik diskaun yang diberikan kepadanya untuk menaiki penerbangan syarikat kebangsaan itu mendatangkan kesan kepadanya, Fernandes berkata "Saya tidak menggunakannya sangat, jadi tidak mengapalah."

Idris ketika dihubungi bertegas bahawa kesatuan pekerja-pekerja syarikat penerbangan itu yang memulakan langkah berkenaan.

Seperti yang dinyatakan dalam suratnya kepada Fernandes, "Ia adalah tindakan yang terbaik buat masa ini berikutan sentimen keseluruhan dalam kalangan kakitangan."

No2umnO - Perang dah mula .......

The Air Asia, Badawi, Singapore, Kamaludin, Tg Adnan, Kalimullah Story

Fasten Your Seat Belts : The Air Asia, Badawi, Singapore, Kamaludin, Tg Adnan, Kalimullah Story
Malaysiatoday
By Little Bird

Kawan-kawan, please fasten your seat belts now. I thought that I knew something about what is really going on in the administration of Abdullah Badawi. Today I found out I have not even scratched the surface. The following is panas-panas news. You may want to hit the ejection button (not yours but theirs) after reading this.

Firstly, the shareholders and/or stakeholders of Air Asia (directly, indirectly, through proxies, etc.) include Kamaluddin bin Abdullah Badawi, Kalimullah Maseerul Hassan (also into Tune Hotels), Khairy Jamaluddin, Tony Fernandez, etc.

We all know the story of Air Asia. Well, we all thought it was a rags to riches story. It is actually a story about riches. The rags part is actually very hazy.

When MAS entered into a phase of 'restructuring' about three years ago, Air Asia, through Tony Fernandez, struck fast and furious.

Before we go further, you may want to ask why did MAS have to suffer yet another 'restructuring'? That is a story by itself for another day but just bear in mind that Badawi's brother, Ibrahim, is the owner of the catering company (Skychef?) that used to supply mineral water at RM35 a case to MAS.

With that kind of pricing, surely MAS would need 'restructuring'.

Anyway, Air Asia stepped in and pushed the Gomen for a 'rationalisation' of the domestic air routes in Malaysia. Air Asia asked to be given MAS' Sabah and Sarawak routes. MAS could keep flying in Semenanjung, they said. Despite objections by MAS, Air Asia was granted its wish.

But the wish did not just happen. Zaki, a fourth floor boy at the PM's office, helped Air Asia make its wish come true.

Once MAS lost its Sabah and Sarawak routes to Air Asia, there was a staff redundancy. So MAS had to organise a VSS. MAS demanded that since Air Asia was taking over their Sabah and Sarawak routes it would make some of their staff redundant so Air Asia should pay MAS some compensation.

Everyone (MAS, Gomen and even Air Asia) agreed that compensation was payable to MAS. But Air Asia would not pay anything. Finally, the Gomen (err that means you and me lah, Encik Taxpayer) paid the compensation to MAS, which MAS promptly used in one of the most expensive VSS payments in our history.

If your blood is starting to boil, stop reading and better cool off because it does not get better.

Then, within one year, Air Asia realised that the Sabah and Sarawak routes were not profitable. They never were. MAS was performing national service in Sabah and Sarawak. Flying chickens and goats is not a money-making venture.

No problem. Air Asia made another wish. They told the Gomen, we have to return these air routes back to MAS. Again MAS objected. Again overruled. Not relevant.

Then came the handing over ceremony of the air routes and the airplanes. When they took over the Sabah/Sarawak routes, Air Asia had 'acquired' seven airplanes from MAS in perfect working condition. (MAS does have one of the best safety records in the world.)

However, when Air Asia 'returned' the planes to MAS, only one was left in working condition. The other six planes were grounded, not fit for flying and could not fly.

In actual fact, Air Asia was cannibalising parts from the six planes to keep the seventh one flying. Again MAS objected. Again overruled. Not relevant. It eventually cost MAS in excess of RM50 million to make the planes flyable again. This was a direct subsidy to 'rags to riches' Air Asia's profits.

Then Air Asia started eyeing the lucrative KL-Singapore routes. Tighten your seat belts. This one will really jolt. But they went about it the roundabout way. They said they wanted to go international. They did (some) but international routes are tough. No Zaki, Badawi, Khairy, Kalimullah or Kamaluddin to make your wishes come true.

But the KL-Singapore sector was generating RM40 million in PROFITS to MAS. This was the plum in the pudding. Air Asia wanted it badly.

So they made another wish. It came true. This is how they did it. Air Asia's bid to break into the KL-Singapore sector was first discussed in Cabinet when Badawi was on holiday overseas. Najib chaired the meeting and Air Asia's application was rejected.

The application was rejected for two main reasons:

i. By 2009 the whole of ASEAN becomes open sky anyway. ASEAN airlines can fly to all ASEAN capitals without restrictions. So why open up KL-Singapore in double quick time?

ii. If budget flights are allowed between KL-Singapore, KLIA will die an unnatural death. KLIA will become a feeder airport for Singapore's Changi. People will fly from KL to Singapore and then fly off from Singapore to the rest of the world. MAS will then die a natural death. So the request was declined.

Then Badawi came back from his travels and asked Tengku Adnan the Minister of Tourism to prepare a paper on tourism, linking MAS, Air Asia, SIA, etc., to tourist arrivals. At the next Cabinet meeting chaired by Badawi, he asked Tengku Adnan to present the 'Cabinet paper'.

Insiders say that the paper was an 'out of Agenda' item - meaning it surprised everyone, but the dunggus approved it nonetheless. Air Asia got its wish again. Tengku Adnan also secured his Putrajaya seat.

Now here is the killer. Soon after Air Asia started flying the KL-Singapore sector, they started giving away 300,000 free tickets, 5 sen tickets and all the other gimmicks. Singapore is believed to be subsidising Air Asia for all these expensive gimmicks.

For SIA, losing RM40 million (S$17 million) profit from the KL-Singapore sector is chicken feed. Air Asia is feeding thousands of transit passengers from KL to Changi . Air Asia is providing RM19 bus rides from KL to KLIA. From KLIA, passengers fly almost free to Changi. From Changi the passengers can connect to the world.

Now, Air Asia is making another wish - they want to fly direct from Kuching, KK, Penang, Alor Setar, Kota Bharu, etc., to Changi. They will earn even more 'subsidies' from Singapore. KLIA will drop dead later, MAS will die first.

This is how we go from 'rags to riches'. And we all thought Tony Fernandez was such a great guy too. The shareholders and/or stakeholders of Air Asia (directly, indirectly, through proxies, etc.) include Kamaluddin bin Abdullah Badawi, Kalimullah Maseerul Hassan (also into Tune Hotels), Khairy Jamaluddin, Tony Fernandez, etc.

Yes, we believe in open skies, competition and all that. But friends, fellow Malaysians, this is the PM, his son, his S-I-L and his cronies lah. How can they sell out their own country? But this is what they are doing.

Kawan-kawan, come March 8th, 2008 you have an opportunity to hit the button for the ejecion seat. Hit the ejection button and send these people out into oblivion. Don't give them any parachutes either.