ABC News....so much for left wing bias........
So much for the ABC's alledged left wing bias.........they are as bad as all the rest of the "independant media"
Strike may affect holiday travel, Qantas warns
Posted Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:38pm AEDT
Updated Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:02pm AEDT
If the strike goes ahead, Qantas says its domestic services may be impacted. (ABC News)
Qantas passengers could face disruption to services over the holiday period because of a strike by engineers.
Members of the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association have voted to take industrial action after talks on the enterprise bargaining agreement broke down.
Qantas's executive general manager of human resources, Kevin Brown, says the door remains open to find a solution, but contingency plans will be put in place.
"We would attempt to maintain all of our international operations and therefore the impact would be more around our domestic network," he said.
"However, that is still some time off for us. Their action wouldn't commence until the 9th of January and it will depend on what they choose to do.
"We will be taking some steps [which] we'll announce in the course of the next week to ensure that our passengers can fly when they want."
Mr Brown says Qantas's response depends on what action the engineers decide to take.
"The door remains open at Qantas to try and find a solution to our industrial negotiations with them and to reach agreement with the union," he said.
"We've been in endless and numerous discussions in the course of the last year ... but of course it requires the goodwill of the union to participate in that.
"At this stage they've said they're going to take action no matter what."
Good to see Kevin Brown lying through his teeth as usual. What a di#k.