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I]There are many tasks of a technical nature that many line station engineers are either unwilling or unable to tackle.
It is now and has allways been the norm for the "Base Camp" engineers to perform these taks where evr they may occur so they may be accomplished with a minimum of fuss.
These tasks crop up from time to time.[/I]
Flying in a bug smasher to non-maintenace port then fixing broken aircraft must not require any technical skill then!!!! Maybe “Base Camp” brothers should go and help out the unable/unwilling perth line enginners bring the AOG aircraft back.
out stations seem to have a different interpretation of "big" or "highly complex"
When outstation enginners are not being “rescued” by their “Base Camp” brothers they can manage all manner of non technical tasks like HMU’s, Rudder PCU’s, spoiler actuators an a wide array of non technical “Black Boxes”.
Work cover WA even issues them with Elevated Work Platform Licenses to get to some of the non technical tasks.
routine task carried out in Perth, then why did the locals not take the opportunity to dive into the task and make sure they took their time to aquit it in a leasurly fashion observing necessary shift handover briefings etc.....
The new 8 hour roster is so grossly deficient of licence coverage and manpower that the local guys can hardly turn around transiting aircraft, so as a result the AOG aircraft sit there until manpower is available. There is no handover briefing because in some cases the oncoming l/h does not start work for an hour or more after the last l/h is rostered to finish.
To say there is “local disquiet” is misleading. The perth enginners are averaging $250 per week real pay reduction with the roster change. The roster is being changed on an individual basis with the Award minimum 2 days notice, so no ability to establish work/home balance.
There is no ban on overtime or higher duties, the guys are mainly getting single days off so they choose to spend it at home. They choose not to do higher duties because the lack of manpower and licence coverage makes it unattractive for the remuneration given for doing higher duties.
Company spy stick to commenting on issues and work areas you know and leave the BS for the company email spam ok!!
