Originally Posted by
engine out
That’s if Qantas set up a mechanism for transfer, they may not. There is no transfer mechanism to Jetstar other than an agreed MOU which only covers some pilots. Would people be willing to resign from mainline and go permanently to an new entity? Not many stayed at Jetstar. Also that is if terms and conditions are the same that are on offer now, no guarantees there. They may well offer lower terms to fit the cost of setting up a green fields operation into their business case (or because they can and will still get applicants). Therefor voting NO will probably still not get you a chance to fly the 350 unless you’re willing to resign from mainline (which the company may want to avoid costs of RINs and redundancy a few years down the track).
Having the A350 ops housed in a seperate entity is not such a bad thing. If it fails, it may not affect pilots who chose to stay in traditional mainline flying roles and it will be by choice if you want to go there. If we are going to submit to setting up some kind of B scale, then it should be an entity disconnected from current mainline ops so that we can get em back to the table and renegotiate a new EBA for existing flying, provided we get first rights to A350 ops whether that requires a resignation from mainline or not.