Warp57 and other Faaa officials where are you?
On your newsletter dated 23 rd march 2005 you promised that the dispensation would be temporary (read below) and only operate for bid periods 239 and 240!!!
You said that there would be meetings to discuss crew feedback on this issue!
It took nearly 6 months to hold those meetings (instead of the publicized 2 to 3 months) and now it is nearly 2 months since those meetings and very nearly the end of the year and we still have not heard anything regarding a vote on this issue.
It is doubtful even if the vote was held on Monday 13th Nov that the dispensation would be cancelled before Bid period 243.
In the excerpt from the faaa newsletter MM promised that if the majority of crew was unhappy with the dispensation it would be rescinded at the end of Bid period 240!
THE FAAA HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE DISPENSATION TO QANTAS ON THE FOLLOWING BASIS:
1. The dispensation will operate for 2 bid periods, BP 239 and BP 240.
2. Patterns can be planned up to 14 hours 35 minutes.
3. The slip in LAX following the shuttle cannot be below 36 hours.
4. That the Company maintains slips for BP 238 to allow those who wish to slip in New York to bid for these trips for 1 more bid period. This also allows for crew feedback to reach the FAAA.
5. Dispensation will be reviewed during the 2 bid periods. If cabin crew feedback indicates majority opposition to the dispensation, it will be revoked following the completion of BP 240. We will also be able to ascertain whether the shuttles will be desired trips and actually bid for, bearing in mind these patterns will be relatively high hour trips which are Often keenly sought after.
The newsletters from the faaa have sounded more and more as though they were written by GD himself and have shown the company that they can threaten us and manipulate us with their tactics
The faaa officials have a mandate to represent us not dictate to us!!!
When will the faaa send us the voting forms and give us a democratic chance to decide if the dispensation will continue or not
To all L/H crew reading this,ring the union office and ask why they have not sent out a vote card yet
Last edited by lowerlobe; 13th Nov 2005 at 01:44.