Well that is interesting having a category of pilots who "cannot" be made redundant
Would be interested to see the wording on that (& not suggesting it isn't true) - but it does sound like job security
Which I thought AJ said would never happen & this would make me a little skeptical about a black & white statement "747 crew cannot be made redundant"
Do you really think QF would go through the very significant costs of retraining 747 crews onto other types when any recovery comes , when the
airline is fighting for its survival . & I don't know how to put a band aid on , absolutely zero medical knowledge but I understand numbers & we are at 4000 positive now , 1000 seven days ago , 250 14 days ago
& about 70 21 days ago. Very consistent increase 400% per week for three weeks now. We aren't going to get a quick fix & planes back in the air with this growth rate
Then again I guess the cruise ships & larger arrivals of returnee Australians had some thing to do with it. If we are at 16,000 in seven days , that will not be good
Clearly that will get interesting in both SH & LH , who is recalled first from stand down , how is that done ? , is it done by seniority , by fleet , by base or
a combination of all. If seniority & the A330 were going back then it would largely be 4 engine crews taking over that flying
What about SH ? , base dependent ?
There doesn't seem to be any mention & in any employment contract about how a recall from a stand down would work & no case law to use as guidance
So company likely to do it in most economical way ? , meaning they won't do massive retraining programs
Last edited by Telfer86; 30th Mar 2020 at 05:29.