Originally Posted by
Mach E Avelli
If safety is the issue that really bothers the TWU how about instead of short notice strikes that alienate the public (and possibly spawn more right wing voters) they work to force capacity caps on airlines and airports until they lift their game? The Poms appear to have done this.
50 or 60% on time performance is simply not acceptable. Cut back service until 90% is assured - of course the unions have to play a part in delivering this, too.
We know money is also an issue, and probably the root issue, but ain’t that the case for most of us now?
Where the TWU us concerned, anyone who's been in the industry for 20 years or more remembers that the union milked it for everything it was worth with unreasonable demands, unreasonable roster demands, snap strikes, stop-works and on one occasion in MEL many years ago, walking off the job to protect someone who the police were interviewing over having allegedly, with someone from CS, extorted passengers out of cash to waive excess baggage.
That was a rare case, but regardless of the legality of the QF action, that particular work group caused untold damage to the brand over many, many years, even going back to government ownership.
It's a little hard to have sympathy now that the boot is on the other foot. Hate good people losing their jobs but it's not like this was 15 year olds down a mine, it was bordering on a sheltered workshop at times.