How convenient the timing. No doubt any of the Qantas maintenance facilities will have to tender for work and compete against itself. Starting to seem like a vicious union breaking cycle that Qantas has instigated.
Unable to innovate and use their own manpower efficiently they have taken the dirty tack of outsourcing to the lowest possible bidder that the 'legacy' facilities have no hope in matching because they are being set up to fail.
Let's just hope there isn't any heroes of the stock that came from Syd Heavy and helped make Avalon the "success" it is today. Not to pull any punches, but if it wasn't for you blokes, Avalon would be dead, buried, gone. Hope the year of allowances for yourselves was worth it.
The Chief Executive Officer of Qantas, Mr Geoff Dixon, said the company would:
target the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) market, which was
expected to reach US$15 billion in sales by 2016; and
perform overflow airframe maintenance for Qantas and its subsidiary airlines.
Mr Dixon said he was confident the joint venture would create a world class and very cost competitive MRO.
“Qantas Engineering will have a significant input into the management, engineering and quality system of the
new company, which will commence operations in 2008.”
Don't sell yourselves out boys, the "overflow" facility will be just a word by 2010.