Originally Posted by
ScepticalOptomist
It’s not based on whether you agree, or whether they intend to keep the fleet. The EBA is quite clear on when stand down can occur. FWA are pretty clear that in the case of an EBA covering a situation, they won’t interfere with it.
Union won’t need to do much, if anything. The EBA that was recently voted upon during this pandemic, stands.
Normanton, what QF would like to do, and what they can do, are very different things.
Won’t stop them trying to cut a deal to pull the wool over your eyes where they can though!
LH and SH EBAs are pretty tight - and not in QFs favour. Can’t speak for the other EBAs in the group.
Qantas initially announced they were grounding the A380 for 6 months based on the collapse of forward bookings. That was before the international borders were closed. The borders closed very soon after this announcement which left Qantas with no choice but to ground the fleet. Once the borders open, if there is still not sufficient forward bookings, Qantas will leave crew stood down as they were going to originally, due to lack of demand - not the closure of the borders. Unfortunately the EA does not address how long crew can remain stood down so arbitration will eventually be needed to determine when the stand down no longer applies.