Originally Posted by
morno
There’s a limit of around 30 days that you can book ahead. So your claim has no basis.
Ahhhh...but there IS a basis....
QF pilots have an 8 week roster while JQ pilots are monthly. So JQ pilots usually get second pick dregs on their own metal (or plastic) and then of course are solid second class pariahs on the mothership aircraft as well. (JQ captains bumped by QF SOs...JQ FOs bumped by QF Flight Attendants)
Some are more equal than others within the highly profitable Qantas Group. It is, for example, salt-wounded situations like this that have the guys (and gals) quite appropriately drawing a line in the sand.
Make EVERYONE equal on ALL group aircraft; Or, if a 2 caste system is insisted upon, a JQ staff member MUST be placed ahead of ALL QF staff on a JQ aeroplane. I know many orange poor cousins who have had a gut full of being treated so disrespectfully.
PG