Originally Posted by
aussieflyboy
The problem with giving it to mainline is what do they then do with the 200 NJS pilots when the 717 is retired. They’ve already spend millions relocating 30+% of them out of Perth, Darwin and Cairns do they really want to pay redundancies?
One possibility is to integrate them into the mainline group in a similar fashion to the “A” pilots post 1994 merger? Given the numbers I’ve heard about future recruitment needed they would only make up a fraction of the new pilots required. Maybe the “N” pilots would get x number of reserved positions on the A220 and then be worked into the seniority list somehow, but any further positions would go to general bidding in mainline?
Although that would go against the current tactics of more entities and more separation however.