Originally Posted by
PoppaJo
Can a Jetstar long haul pilot essentially knife someone on a narrow body?
Myself and my colleagues are most certainly expecting our wide body part of our base to get the chop, however all those in the left seat (and some right) on the 787 are all ex Airbus Command anyway and don’t want to move cities. They are all ahead of us on the list. Basically they want my job. Some of those people I was informed this week have already been talking of taking my job which upset me this week. I’ve got both sides of the seat on the big twin gunning for my job. That’s a lot of people.
I am happy to sit out for a year or two. Can’t move the family so need to do what I can to maintain my position and fleet. CR would mean I would walk away from the job which would have a bad effect on my mental state considering this is all I’ve done for the last 25 years. Working at Woolworths now really is an eye opener.
The other guys are spot on, seniority being a ‘major consideration’ gives the company plenty of legal wiggle room to do whatever they want.
Even before COVID, I was reminded by quite a few guys to think carefully about going on the 787, because if JQ decided to get rid of that fleet there are no provisions in the EBA guaranteeing that we’d be retrained back to the A320.
Besides, similar to the QF A380, JQ won’t announce what they’re doing with the 787 until they absolutely have to. Unfortunately for a year or 2, that could leave the 787 guys with a fair bit of ambiguity about what bases will remain open/closed and whether the fleet will remain at all.