Originally Posted by
gordonfvckingramsay
Threatening base closures have been a mainstay for IR when it comes to contractors or subsidiaries with bases spread around the country. It usually pops up around this time or whenever pilots have the audacity to expect decent working conditions.
As we’ve seen however, QF tend to close bases whenever someone sneezes, only to reopen them a few years later. You could work for free and give away all of your rights and still have your base rug pulled out from under you.
Hang tough, we’re worth more!
I could be proven wrong but it seems like >50% won’t vote yes to any ‘zero cost increase’ proposal. Whatever anyone says about IB I don’t think Fair Work will place this limitation on a contract. Also it would involve fantasy accounting to claim that the last proposal didn’t actually involve a cost increase so we may as well hold out until they offer something good now that they have crossed that threshold.