Originally Posted by
Kaboobla
Is EFA paying for the two ex mainline A330s ? No of course. They are being gifted to them free of charge.
The mainline pilots that used to fly those aircraft are now surplus to requirements. Despite the rhetoric of increased utilisation of other aircraft by the QF CP.
Those excess crew will not be offered the chance to interview for EFA.
I could care less about any of this really, but don’t kid yourself that cross subsidisation to EFA from mainline QF doesn’t occur and don’t kid yourself that EFA pilots are just Alans latest shiny toy. In due course someone more cheaper will come along and undercut your jobs and you will be thrown on the career scrapheap like everyone else.
EFA pilots are below the award.
going from mainline to EFA would mean for those guys a HUGE pay cut as they would be on EBA’s terms and conditions…..
”paying for the aircrafts” ???? well they are the same shareholders, so it’s going from 1 spreadsheet to another. Really not a big issue.
at the end of the day the freight business is VERY profitable for QF……QF freight can’t even manage the volume and has to subcontract to Cobham, Air Nauru, Airwork and Atlas Air.