Re: Qantas Seniority Joke
SkyJetJockey: if you were to be retrenched where would the first to go come from? That's right, the bottom of the seniority pile. But hey, in Qantas, lets then kick a bloke out who has up to 2 years experience in the company while the Johny Come Lately who has not even finished his endorsement but has 2 years false seniority stays. From what I gather most retrenchments happen on a last on first off base.
As for changing with the times, I suppose we would all end up like AN with the company going bankrupt if we don't fudge with peoples seniority numbers. Sounds like a deal critical to the survival and expansion of QF. Perhaps that view was what forced the former aipa into accepting this deal behind everyones back. That sort of logic makes me wonder. The company could have presented anything to the previous group, told them it was critical or the company would not survive, and hey presto, a pen came out and said where do we sign.