All slips for LHR based crew in Singapore will be 27.30 hours from April 06 not 48 hours. The slip in HKG was going to be 24 hours but was changed to 44 hours due to the extremely high level of sick leave that occurs at the base although I believe the company is looking at reducing that slip back to 24 hours to achieve further cost savings. Nearly all the Australian based crew who took the 2 year stint up there can’t wait to get out of the joint, they just can't make ends meet. Flights often leave short crewed as crew go sick up line and are not replaced, therefore increasing the workload on remaining crew.
The manager of the base recently occupied the OHCCR facility down to Asia contrary to CASA requirements, unbelievably unprofessional. As for a pay rise of 5% per year over 3 years. I mean really, you do have to be kidding yourself. Nearly 300 heavy maintenance engineers have just been sacked here in Australia due to the closure of the Jet Base here in Sydney in order to cut costs. So 5%, I don’t think so. 3% is the norm.
Last edited by Bad Adventures; 13th March 2006 at 00:09.