The new LCC - whatever it is and whoever runs it - may not be as casualised as we would all think.
Airlines - whatever their nature - have to be able to plan for schedules, etc. Hiring a predominantly casual workforce is fraught with danger.
In order to plan accordingly, the LCC needs to be able to crew each duty as part of planned crewing. Unless they plan to crew the airline with hundreds upon hundreds of casuals, I don't see how this will work (remember how Flight Force casuals weren't getting any hours for months? True, AN was not designed as a casual workforce, but at the same time, it is difficult to assign a full-time roster without that casual arguing later on that they should be made a full time employee).
Although, a loophole may exist if the casuals are MAM or another contractor.
Furthermore, since they are casuals, they would be able to drop trips without losing sick leave, etc. because they HAVE no sick leave! Imagine the drop in coverage during big events like Mardi Gras, etc.
All I hope is that we all come out of this safe, secure and with our money/working conditions intact!
It's only been a week since the announcement and look how this thread has expanded! The next 5 weeks are going to be a killer!