From the Mac-air website,
***-*** pilots endorse new employment agreement
****** Airlines and our pilot body have endorsed a new three year collective agreement.
The Managing Director of ***-*** Airlines, Randal McFarlane, said today this endorsement was a positive outcome for both the company and the pilots in an era of tough airline business.
"It's about employees and employers working together to come up with an Agreement that works for the benefit of both parties".
"***-*** always wants to be an employer of choice and we understand about good staff relations."
"It enhances our retention rates, we want our valued employees to stay with us, we want them to continue to be part of the ***-*** team and I believe that what we have achieved today we will aid in keeping our highly skilled pilots in North Queensland."
Mr McFarlane said he believed the successful negotiations, completed with the assistance of industrial relations consultant, Mr Alan Hollway, were the result of good will on the side of both parties.
"Our pilots and our management team had open dialogue during the negotiation period and we succeeded by both sides listening to each other and keeping the lines of communications open," Mr McFarlane said.
***-*** Airlines employs 70 pilots and another 85 aviation professionals in Queensland.
***-*** Airlines is a Qantas Frequent Flyer partner and operates a fleet of modern propjets and services 40 destinations throughout regional Queensland in additional to providing fly in fly out services for their many mining partners.
Any of those affected by the "agreement" care to comment. Historically McFarlane has always been pretty tough when it comes to these things. I'd like to think that the guys and gals up there had a win.