Poor Donny would roll in his grave at this response:
For a start qfcsm, perhaps the FAAA can give you away...... that would be an excellent start.
It's been said in here several times by various people including me that if people want to criticise that is fine as long as they know what they are actually talking about.
Crew rest was not "given" away by anyone. There is no entitlement to crew rest, until 6 hours is reached. That has always been the case, EXCEPT THAT QANTAS DID NOT CHOOSE TO PUSH THE ISSUE UNTIL NOW.
So before you unleash that ignorant mouth of yours qfcsm you ought to actually understand what you are talking about.
It is tiresome having to continually correct the anti-FAAA tiny minority that lurk in this website.
The saving grace is that capable people run the FAAA, and that the vast majority of cabin crew in L/H support the FAAA and its leadership. What a diasaster it would be if people like qfcsm ran the FAAA - people who don't even understand the basics.
Get a grip Steven.
This has been something QF has pressed for years - do you not recall the AKL station manager who decided to try it on???
The fact of the matter is that the FAAA are letting conditions slowly erode away and there's not a bloody lot the FAAA are going to do about it.
The so called ideals of "let's be seen to be part of the solution" just became part of the dilution of pay and conditions.
And all the little meetings with GD are nothing more than you guys getting stitched up.
Sorry but he is far more street and business savvy than you FULL STOP.
Wake up guys before it's too late. You currenly look very much like the labour party - all froth and no coffee!
The list of FAAA losses is getting pretty embarrassing so perhaps a list of wins would be encouraging:.......
And if the answer is that QF wins because the IRC says so then why do we really need the FAAA. QF may as well dictate the terms.
And my point: RELEVANCE
RIP Don Hutchinson
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