Got a job already so don't care?
To all those pilots already with Qantaslink who think that because you already have the job, that this is not going to affect you... Think again. This has totally changed the way your employer can treat you. Before it cost them money to replace you. Now it costs them nothing. They can screw with your pay and conditions all they like (and they will because employee morale doesnt appear anywhere on a balance sheet). You cant do a thing about it, because your resignation costs the company $0.00. Its a cost neutral exercise.
What can be done about this now? F*%ked if I know. Would say its already too late. But I would also say that this serves as a warning for all pilots already employed by Qantas: don't think you are immune. They already bond their pilots, why not charge them too? And why stop at the initial induction endorsement? Why not charge for every other endorsment throughout your career? Surely they would never try this on; their pilots would leave. Correct. And qantas would not give a s*#t !