Originally Posted by
dr dre
Well unless AIPA can provide some extra info in the document they should be providing next week I couldn’t see many major differences to the current EBA. A process of assigning reserve duties similar to assignment of flying duties is the main change. Otherwise there’s no changes to salary, operate under an FRMS similar to current duty time limits, parts of the RM incorporated into the FRMS, a process to ensure current SH crews in rank and base aren’t displaced as the new aircraft are bought in, some minor changes to the roster bidding process, longer freeze period but only if awarded a slot, if assigned a slot the shorter freeze period applies.
The main angst seems to more general unhappiness at the current state of the company rather than specifics in the proposed variations.
Neither an Angel or Stockholm syndrome here, but interesting as in both the last 2 previous LH EBA votes anyone supporting those deals were also labelled with similar terms, and those deals were voted up with over an 80% Yes vote. Must be a lot of Angels out there.....
For goodness sake, it’s a fleet replacement. They’re bringing in 321s at the start to get their concessions. The rest will be mostly 320s which are a like for like. There’s no increase to total aircraft. Sacrifice conditions to have a fleet replacement is, in my opinion, crazy.
This is Qantas doing what Qantas does - squeezing everything they can out of every opportunity.