Originally Posted by
plunet
IRROPs for any carrier at an outstation which is not a significant operating hub is usually a car crash, mainly because they probably only have a single employee - the station manager; all other staff are contractors and probably can't make any decisions.
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As airlines pair back their resources to the minimum they just don't have the ability to flex to handle a bird going tech with any grace.
You are right that it's often a car crash, but it doesn't have to be this way. Some airlines are certainly better than others. Sadly, QR are terrible at the IROPS game... really scraping the bottom of the barrel here. This lack of communication is unforgivable, IMO. Flights get delayed, cancelled... it's not unreasonable to expect some sort of plan, one that includes communication to customers. If they treated pilot training or aircraft maintenance with the same attention, it would be a disaster. QR just needs to WANT to do better in this area...