Originally Posted by
mulisector
Might be a silly question but ... why would anyone be so scared of a lockout, last time QF shut for 2 days and government forced it to re-open. Seemed like company lost a lot more money than the pilots 2 days of pay ?
Currently at Jetstar a LVL 2 FO works the equivalent of 3 months for FREE every year compared to if they were on a Tiger Air contract... surely no ones concerned about loosing a few days pay.
plus tiger have the ability to progress to their parent company Virgin through a joint seniority list.
Thanks for your thoughts.
My concern is what would a protracted industrial dispute achieve?
The AFAP have already conceded that they will bargain within Qantas’ 3% wages policy and that even if we get what we want, we will still be the lowest paid airline pilots in the country.
All they seem to be arguing about at the moment is a minimum daily credit and an expansion of the high line allowance (which is an opt in system to get a dollar amount per duty hour in exchange for extra standby days).
These items aren’t personally that significant to me, but others may feel that it’s worth the fight. Back of the clocks are becoming overnights, that’s a massive issue resolved as far as I’m concerned.