What would you have done if you were AIPA president a few months ago? Looking forward to your detailed plan.
Given that the issue has been bubbling away for at least 10 months, platitudes and pleas for patience hardly pass the pub test.
Qantas retain many of the top tier legal and financial firms, locking out their opponents. Find one, a new one, the best you can afford.
The current external legal are a known quantity, this needs new eyes.
From Jetconnect, to Network to 457 visa and arguably a pilot school,
Qantas are attempting to position, having ALREADY established a strategy. Such missives from unions about 'gathering and assessing', seems a dollar short and weeks late. Maybe the Union saw the 'ceasefire' as an end to hostilities, we don't pretend to understand the psyche.
Notwithstanding,
Qantas state openly:
"These are New Zealand pilots operating New Zealand-originated services flying New Zealand-registered aircraft operated by a New Zealand entity".
Section 311 of the Fair Work Act 2009 has some interesting information with respect to assets
(aircraft)
In fact s311-320 are very interesting.
- The aircraft are not now NZ registered, Qantas relied on this in 2011.
- There never was a transfer of ownership as there never was a LEASE in place.
- The flight number convention has the flight originating in Australia.
There are some fascinating elements to the Operating Agreement and Financial Statements.
Then again, in ten months perhaps you are right and the union hopes Qantas will 'play fair'.
Apologies to Paul Kelly,
but whilst there may be two sides out there only AIPA is playing cricket.
You are absolutely correct Neville:
All of that is completely unknown. That is a problem from the management side and they lose control of the outcome.
Fingers crossed the pilots lack cohesion, because if Fair Work were required to re-visit this matter Qantas may lose control.