I know we are all getting hammered by stand downs but in a way I feel it is particularly unfair for Rex 737 crew.
To be hired in the middle of a pandemic by a company that is boasting that the pandemic is offering up a uniquely favourable operating environment to enter (cheap leases, availability of staff, airport slots) but then stands you down due to the same pandemic seems completely unjust. It was a known quantity when they started the operation and when they hired you. It provides multiple benefits to Rex that they are happy to embrace. But when the pandemic proves difficult terrain, it’s the staff who get cast aside.
I know stand down provisions are baked into Fair Work rules but for an operation commenced during a pandemic and benefiting from its effects to claim it an an external effect seems very unfair.