Originally Posted by
43Inches
Still a steady stream of takers, that's the sad part. If the individual can't even control their urges to fly a jet at any cost what hope have you of a concerted effort to negotiate better. Money is obviously not a driver for those applying at J* as you are shafted from day one,not even paid through training. And those conditions mentioned above must be among the lowest in the world now for flying the type in a modern economy.
Unfortunately if you want to live in Australia you don't have a lot of choice. It's either QF, va or JQ. VA isn't any better than JQ these days.
There is increasing talk amongst the crews that quite a few are actively trying to leave. That's new and potentially the only thing that could drive changes.