FT商學院

The Qantas chief who brought a new term to Australian vernacular

To be ‘Joyced’ is a word now in use to describe being severely inconvenienced at an airport by luggage delays or flight problems

To be ‘Joyced’ is a new term that has crept into the Australian vernacular to describe being severely inconvenienced at an airport by flight cancellations or luggage going astray.

It is a reference to Alan Joyce, the long-serving chief executive of national carrier Qantas who has become the conduit for criticism of an array of customer service problems at the “flying kangaroo”.

While airports and airlines around the world made steep staff cuts during the pandemic and have struggled to cope with the return of international travel as a result, some are taking drastic measures in response.

您已閱讀11%(593字),剩餘89%(4837字)包含更多重要資訊,訂閱以繼續探索完整內容,並享受更多專屬服務。
版權聲明:本文版權歸FT中文網所有,未經允許任何單位或個人不得轉載,複製或以任何其他方式使用本文全部或部分,侵權必究。
設置字型大小×
最小
較小
默認
較大
最大
分享×