Just received from office............
Rumour - 32 people have been held out of service as a result of Random
Security Searches up-line
Fact: No One has been stood down as a result of the security searches!
Background - As you all know we were advised some weeks ago that QF
security will be conducting random searches on all QF employees
around the network. This has begun, with random searches having taken
place in HKG, SIN, and the QF Jetbase this week.
Certainly to date, NO ONE has had any disciplinary against them as a
result of these searches.
There has also been concerns as to what constitutes "QF Premises" - the
definition is "any place or thing (whether or not owned by or within the
exclusive control of Qantas) used by Qantas in the course of conducting its
business and includes but is not limited to aircraft and vehicles.
Security have assured us that all care is being taken to ensure that the
crew members privacy is respected and searches are conducted in
discreet areas and not in public view and the searches may well take place
at the crew hotel in keeping with the above definition.
This is a Qantas Group Security Initiative, and affects ALL Qantas staff
ground and air.