KK Lee 5 Report post Posted November 23, 2012 MAS being 'stripped of wealth', declares MP Koh Jun Lin 3:14PM Nov 23, 2012 Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is being “stripped of its wealth” through a series of outsourcing contracts, claimed Shah Alam MP Khalid Abdul Samad. “I have received complaint from MAS employees that there are new vendors coming in to take over tasks used to be performed by them. “They (MAS) used foreign labour from Bangladesh and Nepal to move luggage and handle cargo, while our own people are offered a voluntary separation scheme (VSS)... “We want to know what the new CEO (Ahmad Jauhari Yahya) has in plan. Does he want to fill MAS up with contractors from Bangladesh, Nepal and others? Is that how he is planning to turnaround MAS, or what?” he asked at a press conference today. He also questioned why oil company Petron was given a contract to supply MAS with aviation fuel instead of the national oil company Petronas, while MAS’ catering services had been outsourced although MAS catering was up to the task. “What is the logic of a national airline buying oil from a non-national oil company? We want an explanation from Petronas and MAS,” he said of the former allegation. He added that the catering services contract was worth RM2 billion. Khalid (above) speculated that MAS is being “drained of its wealth” to set the stage for an AirAsia takeover and demanded MAS to disclose its turnaround plan for the loss-making national carrier. http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/214961 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2 Report post Posted November 23, 2012 (edited) Uh, cargo handling was already outsourced even before the CCF fiasco. So what's the news here? Edited November 23, 2012 by Mohd Suhaimi Fariz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JuliusWong 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2012 It is due to all these nutcase politicians that brought Malaysia Airlines to today's situation.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BC Tam 2 Report post Posted November 23, 2012 Uh, cargo handling was already outsourced even before the CCF fiasco Interesting - so MH doesn't distinguish between pax luggage and cargo ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2 Report post Posted November 23, 2012 Interesting - so MH doesn't distinguish between pax luggage and cargo ? Actually they do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheng Long 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2012 It was reported that they are expecting a small profit this quarter. So we will see whether the turnaround plan works or not. Sometimes getting those Bangladesh and Nepal labors to do menial jobs is not a bad idea especially if they are much cheaper. Given half a chance Qantas would like to do the same too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sharil Abdul Rahman 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2012 Also dont they know Petron is Malaysian as well? It is now owned by one of Tun M's son, so we are still buying from a malaysian. The agreement is only until January what. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheng Long 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2012 Dr M's son is just one of the many directors no? Plus the agreement is just for A380 isn't it? They initially gave free fuel also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radzi 2 Report post Posted November 23, 2012 Politicians. There are things that they know, there are other things that they don't know, and a lot more that they don't know but they think they know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
