Originally Posted by
KZ Kiwi
So what happens to the junior SH pilots that didn’t take LWOP by Aug 7 ? I know the company have stated their position with regards to CR. AIPA have stated theirs. When it ends up in court resulting in AIPAs favour what happens then?
The FWA has minimum standards and conditions. Basically you can’t move someone out of a role and fill it with someone else, and make the former redundant. Which is why as much as we don’t like it. Shorthaul is safe.
Any longhaul pilot and most second officers that started within the last few years could have be Shorthaul if they wished.
Seniority works very well going upwards. It’s the downwards part that it doesn’t.
To quote sunfish, ‘to put it another way’, do you think Qantas is going to spend 2 years retraining all the long haul guys to Shorthaul? By the time they’re all typed and checked out, long haul will be back.