Information on the Short Haul Flight Attendants’ Enterprise Agreement Friday 3 February 2006
Promotional and Career Opportunities
Customer Service Manager promotions
· Promotional opportunities to the Customer Service Manager category will be offered to permanent
Qantas Flight Attendants to offset reduced flying preferences from the current Customer Service
Management team.
Second Senior Replaced by New Team Leader Role
· The Second Senior role (domestic and regional patterns) will be replaced with a “Team Leader”
role.
· Specific tasks have been determined for the role. All Flight Attendants will have the opportunity to
apply and will be eligible to perform the role subject to meeting the training and assessment
standards.
· The Team Leader allowance on all wide-bodied flights will increase to $4.12 per block hour
(inclusive of the first 3 percent pay increase for EBA 7) and will then be adjusted in line with
subsequent pay increases.
· The Team Leader allowance on all narrow body flights will increase to $1.38 per block hour and
then be frozen.
Crew Meals
For domestic flights only, to reduce the amount of wastage of crew meals the following is agreed:
· Breakfast, lunch and dinner will continue to be provided on board at revised load factor of 80
percent.
· Refreshments and supper will no longer be provided.
Meal Break Not Taken
· The automatic payment of a ‘Meal break not taken’ allowance will be replaced by individual claims
for the allowance by the Flight Attendant to their manager countersigned by their Customer Service
Manager.
Additional Parental Leave
· The maximum period of parental leave available to the primary care provider for a child will be
increased from 52 weeks to 104 weeks following the birth of the child.
Sick Leave
· As an alternative to taking sick leave, suitably skilled crew who are fit to work in a ground role but
who are not fit to fly, may on a mutually agreed and voluntary basis be offered ground duties in lieu of
being debited sick leave.
· The sick leave notification provision will increase from two hours to three hours.
· The current annual provision of four days of sick leave (to a maximum of three continuous days)
without a medical certificate will remain. However, a medical certificate will be required for any sick
leave days between consecutive releases on FWA.
· Medical Certificates will be required for all six (6) URTI days.
· The current provision of up to 90 days leave on half pay where paid sick leave has been exhausted
will be replaced with 120 days leave, where the first 30 days are on half pay and the subsequent 90
days are unpaid.
· During the term of EBA 7 a joint review will be undertaken on the effectiveness of the changes
made to sick leave in EBA 7, and opportunities to further reduce sick leave and absenteeism will be
discussed.
Clause 66 disciplinary procedures
· This will be amended to work alongside current company policy for disciplinary action. The purpose
of this change is to provide a more flexible range of options for managing performance and conduct
issues to the benefit of all parties.
Information on the Short Haul Flight Attendants’ Enterprise Agreement Friday 3 February 2006
Bidding for Reserve Line
· Permanent Flight Attendants who bid for a reserve roster for the first bid period commencing
after certification of this EBA will retain the right to bid for reserve for each subsequent bid
period on an ongoing basis up until the time you elect to bid for a flying line at which point you
surrender the ability to bid for reserve.
Bidding Window
· The revised bidding window for Part Time crew will be 64 to 66 hours.
· The revised bidding window for Full Time crew will be 122 to 124 hours.
Security Training above Divisor
· One day of security training per annum will be above the Divisor at the discretion of Qantas.
· Security and EP training above the Divisor will not be rostered in the same month.
Trip Swaps
· The 50 percent cap on trip swaps will be removed and during the life of the Agreement we
will investigate the possibility of an “on line” system.
“28 Day” Roster
· The transition to a 28 day roster has been agreed in principle. During the life of this
Agreement, the parties will conduct further discussions and agree on the changes that will be
required, with the introduction of IT Systems, including pro-rata arrangements for terms and
conditions of employment.
Back of Clock
· It is agreed that current work rules will be changed to reflect a limit of four planned back of
clocks per Flight Attendant per CAM roster build.
Upline Re-Allocation
· The FAAA will provide dispensations to enable Qantas to exchange crew in ports where
there is a crew base, as well as out-ports, to ensure schedule integrity. Crewing will do all
possible when exchanging crews to attempt to ensure that crew can still operate their next
blocked duty.
In addition but not part of the EBA:
Crewing Levels
In line with the current service specification an additional crew member will continue to be
provided on a planned or unplanned basis on SYD-BNE Dinner flights on B737, B767 and
A330-200 aircraft.
Return Option for ex Long Haul crew
Long Haul crew who have transferred to Short Haul since the certification of EBA 6 will be
given a special opportunity at the commencement of this Agreement to return to Long Haul.
For this special opportunity only, the return to Long Haul will be to the same increment point
and position the employee would have been on in Long Haul if they had not transferred to
Short Haul.