Originally Posted by
StudentInDebt
Purely out of interest from something I have read on BALPA’s (UK Pilot union) forums are Air New Zealand placing A320 pilots on unpaid leave as a consequence of cost saving measures?
Unless they are grounding the whole airline for the equivalent of Annual Shutdown, the Holidays Act would make that extraordinarily difficult.
Since I haven't seen the QANTAS CEO this side of the Tasman, I reckon grounding the whole airline is a tad unlikely.
In other words ... no they aren't