Well, it appears as though the strategy of the faaa to appease the company is as successful as Neville Chamberlains attempt to appease Hitler with the Munich agreement.
The Faaa told us that we had to grant temporary dispensation or we would lose our jobs. This was supposed to be for 2 bid periods, it has now been 4 bid periods and we still have not had a vote. Yet the faaa has just sent out a voting ballot for election of councillors, why didn’t they put the JFK vote out at the same time. They can do the re- election vote with no problems but cannot fulfill their promise to hold other votes
With the appeasement strategy in place, what has the company done for us!!!
1 :Reduced the LHR slip from 3 days to 2 days
2:Reduced the Singapore slip at the end of a FRA trip from 48 hours to 24 hours.
3:Started selling crew rest seats on flights under a certain time frame (Illegal under our ironclad EBA)
4:Now even after the faaa's great strategy if giving in so we don't lose jobs ,the company has replaced 6 Australian based crew with AKL crew on JFK shuttles anyway...
So as Herr Hitler did with the British prime Minister, the company is doing with us thanks to the effective strategy of the faaa .The union has been aware of the plan to sell crew rest seats apparently with a letter from Suzanne Holden for at least a number of days and perhaps a week but the faaa still has not mentioned any of this on the faaa web site. Maybe the union members are deemed not important enough to inform.
I will re-print the newsletter from the faaa regarding the JFK dispensation (supposedly temporary) dated march 2005
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.
So if the faaa can tell me how their strategy of giving in has worked,because I for one can't see it !!!!!
When will the FAAA learn that giving in to the company is an exercise in futility? If the FAAA think that the company thinks better of us for trying to accommodate them then they are deluding themselves .
The company is like a drug addict, they cannot stop and will not stop unless someone else shows them the folly of what they are doing and you cannot do that by giving them what they want because they will want more and more and more!!!!!!!
FAAA's new motto.....
"Asinus asinorum in saecula saeculorum"
Last edited by lowerlobe; 30th Nov 2005 at 20:28.