Hi SA again,
Also, AIPA would have them over a barrel if they ordered a new type and only started negotiations a few months before delivery! "So, you want that plane you ordered to fly, hey...?"
Thats exactly what I was suggesting.
Technical or not it is the EA.
I remember a former Fleet Manager saying the line, “It’s not me it’s the award”.
Perhaps that’s what the Qantas pilots should be saying?
I think Q needs to understand that there is no motivation for the pilots to do this.
It was the modus operandi for JQ at the start when the only thing they could offer them was a shiny new jet. Now look at the calm at JQ with stagnate movement?
Q really need to throw a few more carrots at this because I haven’t met one who wants to fly it!
Throw in the fact that this aircraft will fly shorter routes and Q has let slip it’s a possible A380 replacement then it will be a big ask to get this over the line by Christmas.
The final offer will have to be good for a “heads of agreement” because Q can’t risk a no vote in Feb.