Originally Posted by
aviones
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.
from the EBA:
“The Company may deduct payments from the pay of an Australian based pilot for any day the pilot
cannot be usefully employed because of any strike, stoppage or other limitation of work for which the Company cannot be held responsible...”
I have to disagree. If there aren’t enough bookings once borders are open, that’s a business / commercial problem.
Otherwise, why would ANY company ever pay VR / CR if they could just stand down the employee indefinitely?