Fairly new to this site - but have been reading for a bit.
I've some news that all Qantas crew may find useful about the proposed plans that Macquarie Bank have for the near future of cabin crew.
LAX base - definitely happening. Mostly US employee's (more than 70%) and the remaining crew complement will be made up of NZ based crew (who will / are being trained as Onboard Managers). Won't be like the London base as Australians won't be able to transfer up there.
VR - more to come for mostly LongHaul.
JoBurgs - going.
A380 - won't be going to Long Haul as it currently stands, but will be a separate division (if you get to fly on it at all, given the LAX & LHR base will do most of the flying on the longer sectors!).
EBA - Going. They have no interest in keeping the current EBA and thinking of striking? Great - they're spoiling for a fight and are keen to get rid of as many LH'ers as possible. Apparently, they have advice that the current EBA can be terminated with 90 days notice, even though it existed prior to the current legislation being implemented.
Long Haul -v- Short Haul - Nope. Think one division - Mid Haul! 737's are probably going to go to regional.
These are some of the proposals on the drawing board - with most of them having very strong support. Interesting times ahead.
Don't shoot me for the info. You should seriously think about partitioning Mark Vaille, Minister for Transport, who has said on the record that he doesn't want jobs being shipped off shore. He made specific references to Engineering - so maybe you should get his support to make sure cabin crew jobs stay in Australia as well (or at least you get an option to fly out of the other bases).
Good luck
