Originally Posted by
wotsitdoin
I think this is a clever move. Qantas would have probably wanted to get the 717's up and going again soon to get the domestic market rolling. But how do you justify to all the stood down mainline pilots that contractors flying Qantas planes will be earning a pay packet before them? Answer, bring them in house.
That is what I was wondering about, is there some assurance that the 717s won’t be flown by the stood down and potentially redundant mainline drivers of soon to be retired or long grounded fleets? None of the articles seem to be very clear on what sort of “entity” will actually fly them in the future.
As you alluded to, I can’t imagine it will be sunshine and rainbows at QF when the senior mainline guys who could be out of a job are given marching orders and the new kids on the block start getting paid those Qantas dollars. But unprecedented times are upon us so anything is possible at this stage, hopefully no one gets shafted here. I’d be assuming a totally seperate company within the group on a seperate seniority list is the only option to keep the operation cheap and the wages down.