At last the lights are coming on, but it is all over, the fat lady has left the building!!
The seniority discussion is amusing. JQ flaunts seniority all the time. They do not apply by pass! All the management pilots at JQ are so junior that they could not hold a command in their own right.
How will they introduce International flying with the 330. Simple, employ 40 instant captains or extend the 2 year short term instant captains who are currently employed. After all they are very experienced. Theory? No. A mate of mine at EK has already been given the nod. It is not about money he and his family want to live in Melbourne.
The current 717 captains and the wonderful F/O's who will be getting their 320 commands in the next 12 months, will never ever get near the 330.
Something else, CASA will allow 320 / 330 dual endorsements. If QF pilots are not careful, CM at GD's direction will dual endorse 330 / 380 pilots. What QF wont do it? Give the 380 to JQ. Al's boys will fly the 320 / 380 under an AWA. The pay rate is set. The JQ pilots voted for a wide body pay rate. Check the definitions!
And what happens next? Well, the JQ 320 boys and girls will not have any international experience. Damn. They wont be able to fly the 787.
Those lucky AN junior pilots who are flying the 320. By passing the seniority system again.
By the way, who is running Flying now. Saw Mark Niceguy in the terminal, he isn't. F/O Gissing was at all the JPC company meetings not Mark He is AJ right hand man now. Could it be he has his hand up MW's back until he completes his command training?
