Someone mentioned a "bonus" from management down the track.
Weren't
VB pilots, after undercutting incumbant domestic pilots and paying for their training, promised a similar improvement of conditions down the track?
It wont eventuate guys! But a clever negotiating ploy to make those who have been had keep a little self esteem.
1 - Qantas International S/O's accept a 10% paycut to crew 737's. Free endorsement.
2- Virgin Blue pilots launch onto the scene for conservatively 30% less. Pay for endorsement.
3- Qantas pilots crew Australian Airlines 767's at 40% less than current Ansett pilots.
4- Impulse launch 717's less than
VB. Impulse collapses, lucky guys keep their jobs under the QF umbrella but.....
5- Former Impulse, now Jetstar pilots, fly A320's for 10% less than
VB pilots and considerably less than QF Domestic pilots.
6- QF pilots help launch Jetstar Asia for the going rate; at a time when regional payrises likely due gross shortage of Airbus pilots. Pay for endorsement.
7- National Jet pilots hoodwinked into flying for 15% less than Jetstar pilots. Pay for endorsement.
8- Low Cost Pilots in 2,3,4,5,6,7 despite undermining and denying their responsibility to aviation conditions of service in Australia, flock to well paid jobs abroad. Naively not realising if you can't negotitiate and protect conditions in Australia, how in the hell are you going to do it abroad without the protection of labor laws etc?
I was unemployed too for what it's worth- and 69K a year as a Low Cost Pilot and paying for my endorsement it was not!