Qantas to reduce heavy maintenance labour by 60%

[TIMA9X]

As usual, we all find it out in the media first - despite being promised by management that it would never happen.............

Yep, and the media knew 10 days ago, and probably before that for some of them.

A very sad way to do business from the Qantas management and the government at all levels. Meanwhile the car industry gets the grants to continue production and is owned by foreign companies.. Doesn't make any sense to me, the guys and girls running the country are more interested in themselves and their job security rather than do what's right for all Australian families.

[the rim]

girls girls

frank-en-furter and golden rivet[i have seen one once] lets not attack each other in these hard and worrying times.......as frank said things are very different in the mines and as he stated there are some very skilled LAME's out there,so lets focus on the facts about 400 are about to loose their jobs or be offered a transfer to Brissy or the mines.....last look at the papers and QF still has not made a statement....lets see what they say....the rim

[The lens]

'After I get the boot I know that I will never fly qantas again'

To Dockie and everyone,

Please, venting our frustrations on other remaining workers once we're gone is counterproductive and the wrong target.

If we hold in high regard those who today are our esteemed colleagues- in many parts of the company, known or unknown (but not necessarily of course upper management), then they deserve our support and encouragement all the more.

Let's act with dignity and with restraint, even if some elements of management don't.

It's all our mindset: we have a choice in how we think, behave and act. Go to bed each night knowing we didn't succumb to spite.

Keep calm and carry on.

[Bagus]

Opening of hangar at Manila and qantas consolidation process,what a coincidence

10.02.2012
Opening of new A380 hangar at Lufthansa Technik Philippines
Third widebody hangar in Manila
Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LTP), one of the largest providers of aircraft maintenance services in Asia, has opened a third hangar in Manila for work on widebody aircraft. With this step, the company is preparing for the technical support of the world’s largest commercial aircraft.
Lufthansa Technik Philippines, a joint venture between Lufthansa Technik (51%) and the Philippine MacroAsia Corporation (49%), invested USD 30 million in the construction of the new hangar, which is 8,500 square meters large and 35 meters in height. The new hangar offers space to work simultaneously on one widebody and two narrowbody aircraft.
"With the new hangar, we will be able to keep up with the increasing demand for technical services for long-haul aircraft, particularly in the Asian market," said Lufthansa Technik Chairman of the Executive Board, August Wilhelm Henningsen. "By adding A380 capability, it underscores Lufthansa Technik Philippines’ role as global aircraft overhaul center."
"The continuous growth of the company leads to up to 400 new highly-technology and high-skills jobs in addition to the existing jobs" explained Gerald Frielinghaus, President and CEO of LTP.
Eleven years after its founding, Lufthansa Technik Philippines, located at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport, offers comprehensive technical services including lease return checks and cabin modification for the Airbus A330/A340 and A320 families and now also for the Airbus A380.

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Facility of Lufthansa Technik Philippines in Manila

The new A380 hangar at Lufthansa Technik Phlippines

[Bagus]

MANILA, Philippines — Lufthansa Technik Philippines (LTP), a joint venture of Lufthansa Technik AG of Germany and Philippine aviation service provider MacroAsia Corporation, is now ready to service Airbus A380, the worlds’ largest and most technologically advanced commercial plane, after the completion of its $30-million new hangar that expanded its repair and maintenance capabilities.&@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Ausssie iron ore,Aussie steel but to build in Australia it cost 150 million.who are they bluffing

[frankthespanner]

Yes, it's a tough time, the wait is the hardest part - good luck everyone.

[hewlett]

Very disappointing decision although not unexpected in the least. This was telegraphed even before Bruce D RIP was in power. Vindicates the previous exec in their battle to maintain heavy in H245. Jobs in the mines probably courtesy of Clifford and his morale conscience... pr#*k! Best of luck to the tulla boys and the ALAEA exec. Maybe a move to where the weather's better is worth consideration?

[aveng]

invested USD 30 million in the construction of the new hangar

But I thought they cost $120 million? - according to QF management. Imagine the facility they could have built if they hadn't shut down the airline last year.

[Ngineer]

Imagine the facility they could have built if they hadn't shut down the airline last year.

A very good point AVENG. I guess it shows where their priorities lie.

[UPPERLOBE]

Priorities lying? Oop's, was the that the truth just popping up to say hello?

[griffin one]

Fourteen months of A380 reconfigs outsourced to Manilla LTP.
Five years worth of A380 rib boom repairs and modifications.
Shutting down Tulla.
Followed by shutting down Avalon.
Nil infrastructure investment.

Priceless

[Clipped]

Nil infrastructure investment.

You're being completely unfair G1.

Q management, after shutting down H245 eight years ago, are refurbishing the shed. Makes sense to me.

[griffin one]

My apologies Clipped i did overlook the New paint and strangely j* orange facade on H245.

[2p!ssed2drive]

Qantas is set to axe hundreds of jobs in Tullamarine and Avalon. Picture: Mark Smith
Taken from news.com.au

Hang about, it's how much?
QANTAS is set to axe 400 Victorian employees working in its heavy maintenance base at Tullamarine while another 660 are at risk at Avalon.
The Herald Sun said a review conducted by the airline concluded that the division at Tullamarine could not be saved and must close within months.

It also found that Avalon, near Geelong, was not viable beyond two years without major state government investment.

The paper says the Tullamarine workers will be offered mining jobs in Western Australia during a careers information session at the hangar.

If the sackings go ahead it will continue a horror run of job losses in Victoria which include 350 jobs at Toyota, 50 workers sacked at rail operator Metro and, in March, Murray Goulburn Co-operative slashing 60 jobs by closing its milk powder drying operation.

Who said they want to work in mining?!

[SpannerTwister]

Question

I fear that if workers are offered a job in the mines, and refuse it, then it could be counted as "resigning" and not being made redundant ?

"Hey, we had a job for you to go to, and YOU knocked it back"

ST

[Nudlaug]

The REAL bad thing about the whole situation, even worse than the job losses, is the way management are going about it. I have NEVER in my whole life seen a management treat their employees with such utter contempt inflicting as much uncertainty and pain as possible, it is an absolute disgrace by any standards. Sunfish may have a point with his narcissist theory.....
Changes need to happen from time to time, agreed... But the way those changes are implemented is complete Bull
The airline should be grounded immediately due to all the various human factors at play at the moment

[another superlame]

If Julia f$%#en Gillard took her balls out of her husbands handbag and acted in the interests of her constituents in Geelong,then maybe things could be different.

[unionist1974]

No consolatuion , but redundancy payments will have to be made . QF cannot avoid them. Its been a long time coming but the writing has been on the wall at Tulla for years . Poorly managed facility for many years an "old boys"club , cosy relationships between all levels who fough tany cahange to imptove the place. Sad , but it was always on the cards as long as they buried their heads .Feel so sad for the young guys , no future

[ampclamp]

superlame , successive govts for many, many years have showered taxpayer largesse at car makers in this country and they still cry poor and sack people. maybe they should reconsider where that cash goes and support a hi tech industry with strategic importance.Attach some heavy duty strings to it to keep it onshore.

[QF94]

If Julia f$%#en Gillard took her balls out of her husbands handbag and acted in the interests of her constituents in Geelong,then maybe things could be different.

another superlame, this was Australia's biggest mistake to half-vote for a Federal government that was backed by the NSW branch of Labor. We saw what they did to NSW and now they're doing it federally. Look at who's foreign minister now. He stuffed NSW, left it in a mess, went to Macquarie Bank (who own Sydney Airport and the rail link and the M5 and Lime taxis) on a healthy package, and is now foreign minister.

I know what I'm about to say will upset a few union people and leaders on this forum, but Labor has to go. They were thumped in NSW last year and sent into oblivion in QLD this year. Our current Prime Minister (and I have to call her that because she occupies the office) was not elected as PM. She rolled a democratically elected PM in June 2010 together with the abovementioned NSW Labor and Victorian Labor branches. Went to an election in October 2010 and was not voted as PM. Deals were done with the Greens and three idiots to get her over the line. There isn't enough time in the night for me to rant about this current government, so I won't. The facts speak for themsleves.

When a Labor government, or any government for that matter, has to do dirty deals to get itself into minority power, it doesn't deserve to be in power at all.

Until we get a government, of any persuasion, that will actually run the country for the benefit of the country and its people that is when things will change for the better, and not a moment sooner.