VOTE NO ….
Let’s look again at the bigger picture here…
Qantas don’t want or need us to vote NO because otherwise they would have replaced us with AKL crews at any time with total impunity.
They don’t need a dispensation to operate the shuttle. FULL STOP…
They do want the dispensation for other reasons better known to themselves at the moment.
The crew rest seat debacle is another example that the company knows that the FAAA is as weak as water and is unlikely to aggressively defend cabin crew...
The closure of the Perth Long haul base is another...yet they give Syd based crew Per/Nrt trips????
We signed an EBA last year which is/was supposed to be a stable agreement for the term of the EBA.
The company however does not give a rat’s rectum (Wed Webbing Woop’s colourful phrase) about any EBA, they like old Adolph use the EBA to buy some time while they consider their next move.
One story I heard in the office was that Kylie was surprised that after the company reduced the slip in LHR and in SIN at the end of the FRA trip that we did not rescind the temporary dispensation.
The company’s excuse was that they did that because they CAN and he expected us to do the same. The fact that we did not apparently was a pleasant surprise to both Kylie and LG and quote “The FAAA lost some credibility today by not standing up for its members”…They could not believe their luck (or is it more than that)
Whilst the faaa is continuing with it’s policy of “softly softly..sshhh sshhh don’t make a noise” then we will have the company continually attacking us..
Left2Assist….I thought you said you were a techy but then you refer to “US VOTING”..????
We need to show some determination here…VOTE NO …..