The entire point of my post to the faaa was to suggest a series of meetings to discuss points which crews believe that we can negotiate with rather than have the company tell us they want in order to save money.
It was hardly brain surgery to suggest this but the problem we face apart from the company is that our union officials are not open enough to understand that crew might want to talk about their future in one venue at the same time or over a series of meetings.
The company as well as the new IR laws are indeed the enemy but so too are internal politics and power plays between people who should not find the suggestion of a discussion threatening.
The post by jetstar FA is an interesting one that highlights one of the problems we face in society at present. Jetstar fa applied to J* and would have been told of the pay and conditions and still continued with the application. Now however, he/she points out how lousy the pay is compared to someone else.
If the pay and conditions are so bad (and they are compared to other airlines) why did the crew member concerned continue with the application? The same applies to
VB and any other job you might find interesting until you find out how little they pay.
If no one applied to these airlines because of the poor remuneration then the airlines concerned would have to increase their pay offer to attract candidates and the problem would be solved. However, there is something about people that makes them go ahead with the application even though they know they will have a hard time making ends meet…and then they complain about it….
We are looking at some tough times ahead and if the unions concerned including the faaa are not proactive then they will go the way of the dinosaurs .I do not count giving into blackmail as we did with the JFK vote as being proactive but to act decisively and start planning now for our next EBA instead of playing politics and protecting ego’s.
I have made this post with little or no reference to other people on pprune and certainly no abuse, let’s see if the faaa can respond in kind with a plan and tell us what they have in mind to tackle the company before they hit us.