They will also have to work more than 30 per cent more hours than Qantas long-haul crews for around 25 per cent less money...about half the pay
That's going to make for some wonderful dynamics in the cabin. Who's the loser? Probably the paying passenger.
Dixon has lauded the deal as "a positive outcome for all concerned".
"a positive outcome for all concerned" no doubt means he gets yet another performance bonus for trimming the fat.
...in a bid to appease its existing 3000 long-haul cabin crew based in Australia, Qantas has agreed to a new five-year pay deal...existing crews will get a 3 per cent per annum pay rise, increased superannuation benefits, extra parental leave and improved chances of promotion.
Paid for by the youthful and enthusiastic crew of tomorrow, the ones they should be enticing in.
Existing crews will also not have to work the extra 50-odd hours the new lower-paid crews will have to work each eight -week roster period.
So all the old hags get off and leave the extra to do another sector.
In a bid to arrest the low morale among(st) its cabin crew, Qantas has agreed to boost the number of crews on its 747s ...with one new crew member
The one extra crew being facilitated by the advent of new-joiners, the same lot who were screwed by the rest of the crew... mmm - fun times ahead!
The Flight Attendants Association of Australia has claimed victory. The head of its international division Michael Mijatov said the union had "secured the future of existing cabin crew and beyond that improved" their pay and conditions.
...at the expense of tomorrow's crew. What happened to a sense of a fair go? I thought the FAAA stood for something more than snatch-and-grab?
The new lower paid crews are entitled to sign up as union members.
Something in that statement says Michael doesn't expect many of them to embrace the FAAA enthusiastically. Wonder why... goodonya Mike
