Retireee Staff Travel to go???
A well placed source in "non" cabin crew management reveals that a group has been put together to find core cost savings for the new potential owners.
This is on top of the Sustainable futures reductions already being sourced.
The same source also revealed that Retiree Staff Travel will be one of the first to go as the FBT component is currently being paid by the COmpany. The FBT is one of the things that costs the COmpany in terms of staff travel. Under agreement reached with the ACTU when FBT was introduced, FBT would be borne by the COmpany rather than the individual.
Commuting Tech and Cabin Crew apparently are the greatest contributors to the FBT bill for Qantas and a review of the number of Domestic tickets is currently underway as is a review of the FBT arrangements.
Cabin Crew and Tech Crew Meal allowances are high on the agenda and the COmpany favours the DTA system in short haul (currently $4.79 per hour) for its simplicity and manageability.
More to come.....
The challenges for the current AIPA negotiations for the Tech Crew LH EBA and the upcoming LH Cabin Crew EBA will be enormous