What a bunch of low life snakes!!!
What a crock of you know what with Murrays letter stating that there was "respectful" discussions held in Perth between them and the ALAEA.
Well now that the company has decided to appeal the AIRC decision,they have lost all resepect now.If I were a Perth LAME,I wouldnt be doing anything to help these knobs.Just go to work,do your work in the 8 hours alloted to you,and then go home.And if they ring you,to fix a break down or for manpower requirements,tell them 'NO',you are not available to do anything except what you are paid to do,within your contractual obligations.Nothing more,and nothing less.
This decision to appeal the ruling just shows how much respect Murray has for Perth Lames and Lames in general.None,zipp,nothing.Thats it.And if you believe that life will get better with him around,think again.He is a head kicker,and a bloody good one at that.You have to give the man credit,he is punching well for his weight,but we Lames will just have to keep punching harder.
I think its time the association calls every port to a mass meeting and ask for a general consensus as to whether we are going to support the Perth boys properly.Its time to tell the company that we are a single entity,and that as LAMEs who work the 12 hr roster,that we now ALL want to work an 8hr roster and IMMEDIATELY.
This is similar to being bashed up in the street.If you saw your mates being bashed,you would naturally run over and get stuck in.Well,how is this any different.Just because Perth is on the other side of the country,doesnt mean they are in another country(although they do act funny sometimes)and that their problem is not our problem.But what is going on over there,will ultimately have an effect on us over here.We have got to be strong about it and ask for the 8 hr roster to apply to all LAMEs,EVERYWHERE.Thats it.And if they say they will lock us out,or sack us enmasse,well let them do it,because where are they going to get all the new LAMES and AMEs from.There are not enough AMEs or apprentices coming out of their time to cover any short fall.And if they think that having 4 jumbos sit on the fence,because there is not enough hangar space in OZ to fix their aircraft,well not having enough AMES/LAMES in the Australian industry should really make people like Geoff and the board really take notice.And if they think they will just mass recruit again overseas,well do you think the Australian government and the public opinion is going to really be best pleased that we are now importing engineers from O/S.Just what QANTAS needs now is more bad publicity like a whole in the head.
Anyway enough ranting,it saddens me that people like GD and MH,in the pursuit of running a successful airline,feel the need to hurt those people within their company more than their opposition.All most people want is to be left to make the right decisions,and have good support from management to help make this a great place to work and feel proud of.Unfortunately they have confused us with uneducated people who like to be pushed around.Well the opposite is true.
Have a good weekend.