Qantas Sacking Tarmac Engineers

[p.j.m]

Originally Posted by The masked goatrider

That airline we all love have just started sacking Line Maintenance LAMEs.

Great, they have aircraft failing right left and centre, so what do they do? Sack more engineers.

Maybe they have employed some plumbers and PR bimbos to compensate for all the aircraft failures.

[NSEU]

Best of luck to all those caught up unwillingly in this. I went through similar in a previous AN life and it is not much fun.

Unfortunately, some ex-AN LAMEs who found employment in QF are now being sacked again. Some are being very stoic about it, but we are still appalled by the unfair (and unfeeling) selection process.

I volunteered to go, but this will only save one of my mates.

[QF22]

Pjm

Let em fail.
Army of one !

[Goddamnslacker]

Numbers...

Today at 1100 4 SIT Engineers, 7 SDO Engineers and 2 Base Engineers, all LAME's...more number cutting this arvo and over the next few days, plus 35 SIT LAME's to relocate to Base..

[ALAEA Fed Sec]

They are already calling people to work overtime to cover the shifts vacated by those they have sacked.

[QF22]

OT

And according to SP on fb management is calling LAMEs at home tonight to come in for OT to cover manpower short falls !
Go figure ?
Geniouses at QF
Tell em they are dreaming !
GLTA !

[chockchucker]

One can only hope that given current events, the guys that are left are not tripping over themselves to do that overtime.

Sadly, I have a feeling that basic instinct will kick in for certain people and the overtime will indeed get worked. And qantas will be bailed out of another pile of **** of their own making.

[The masked goatrider]

Give it a few days and there will be nobody in Melbourne willing to work overtime. Why would you when you know that Nasty and Texan Tony will just implement another round if they can make this current mess work?

[JETTRONIC]

The gun is now pointing at me and the gun is cocked and loaded.....what do you do. Never been in this situation any advise is appreciated.

[LAME2]

Gun loaded and cocked......stop focusing on the negative

Sometimes life deals you a crap hand. You can either fold or get on with it as best you can. Your future direction and achievements are in your hands.

Best of luck to all involved. I can say there are good jobs paying good money post QF.

[Goddamnslacker]

Overtime???

Your Kidding..anyone doing overtime just shows how much the dont give a damn about there fellow workers and are so self centred on themselves...
They decide to cut numbers, then they must know it will work with the reduced numbers....NO OVERTIME AUSTRALIA WIDE!!!!

[blubak]

overtime??

Goddamnslacker-you are 100% right,even more so now considering the emotional stress caused by this ruthlessa act,we all need to use every minute of every hour off to care for ourselves & the 1st way of doing this is to stay away from a place where hatred reigns & starts right at the top,
they really must have such a high opinion of themselves to tell us they care & to look out for each other.
If i need counselling or assistance,the last place i will be going is to their EAP,you can bet your bottom dollar it is not as anonymous as they like you to believe,anyone that needs assistance should be seeking it from their own doctor or medical professional,not all that long ago we were so proud to work for this company-it has now come to the point of close to being ashamed to tell outsiders who we work for,so SAD for all of us.
There is an old saying 'what goes around comes around' & for me it has merit & for people who perform ruthless acts i would certainly keep that saying in mind.

[Short_Circuit]

EAP was a waste of time for me. they took 2 months to set up exactly nothing, I was stuffed around again and again, same old circus! Had to take control and see my own shrink to just get over EAP! The buggery is over for me but will continue until you are all gone. I too stepped aside to save another in a less fortunate position. It was a wonderful time there with all you guys but Dixon, Joyce, Clifford and Cox has ran it into the deck. Safety before schedule died 10 years ago for them.
My commiserations to anyone tapped this time round, it is an evil thing they do..

[astroboy111]

Sounds like a pretty toxic environment.. I don't understand why so many of the guys didn't take a package and run. It's not that bad out in the 'real' world!
Try chatting to the guys that did take VR in the last 12 months, I doubt you'd find any that regret their decision.

[busdriver007]

Seems as though Qantas is going down the same path as America West Airlines and driving toward the lowest acceptable standard. Straight out of the Richard Goodmanson playbook, responsible for a record $5 million fine enforced by the FAA in 1998 when he was the Chairman and CEO there!

[skiinoz]

Unsustainable.

Dry your eyes guys, did you really think that running a massively loss making entity, using over paid, over the hill and overstaffed engineering was going to last forever. Forgive me if I seem unsypathetic, but the sense of entitlement baffles me. The blame is always someone else's, although I haven't worked directly for Qantas, I know plenty who have, who all agree what an outdated, bloated, unefficient operation the engineering department now is. The reputation of ex quantas LAME's is really not good, no matter how much you all seem to think you invented A/C maintenance. Welcome to the real world, and leave the attitude behind when you get to your next gig..

[Australopithecus]

The last time I flew TWA they offered me TWA coffee. I really wanted TWA tea. Then you came along.

[Ngineer]

That's the first time I've laughed in a while Austrlopithecus. Like button.

[skiinoz]

Tut tut, remember what I said about the attitude.

[bandit2]

So Skiinoz, I'll bite. I did notice you spelt Qantas with a "u" before you edited your post. Obviously your a yank, looking from afar.