Very constructive thoughts and input! Well done on not turning this into a 'handbags at 5 paces' situation folks!
Galleyhag
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you about
VB and QF S/H wages not being the same. Whilst someone on a 4th year scale upwards would definitely earn more, the
VB crew do on average 10 overnights a month (I've never heard of any month where anything less than 10 has been rostered - except where MEL base was set up, and they didn't have any overnights to start with).
This is where they make their money (not including the international supplement annualised in their salary, Back of Clock allowances, etc). And having put a few payslips from a Year 2 S/H FA at QF and a Year 2 FA at
VB together and given them a once over, the differences are minimal - in some cases, the
VB crew can earn more.
Anyway...announcement due in 2 weeks and counting folks...brace yourselves...