12th February: ALAEA membership reject EBA offer.
13th February: Qantas immediately pulls backpay from any future agreement
Leave cancelled.
Qantas
PR machine starts to paint LAMEs as greedy and unprofessional employees.
ALAEA gain support from Channel 7 and ABC.
The media war begins.
15th February: ALAEA have no choice but to advise Qantas of protected industrial action.
19th February: PIA begins.
Qantas scabs move in.
ALAEA use the ACS system of maintenance as there main weapon.
Delays increases within 24hrs. Scabs have little effect due to the vastness of aircraft and locations.
Internals scabs within break overtime bans and in fighting begins within the ALAEA.
20th February: Scabs having little effect on overtime and secondment bans.
Aircraft now delayed from A check's. Other major checks also likely to be delayed.
Qantas gets tough and stands down 3 LAME's.
Membership walks off jobs for 4 hours.
QANTAS deducts pay.
ALAEA have numerous AIRC meetings with Qantas.
ALAEA funds getting low.
24th February: Qantas network now approaching total disarray with aircraft having major delay due maintenance problems in three overseas locations.
QANTAS appeals to the government. No joy.
Stop work meetings during peak time having major disruptions.
Public start to side with Qantas.
27th February: Scabs failing to stop the leaks. Public getting very very pis#ed off.
ACS system of maintenance stills causing major heads for QF Engineering.
QF management helpless as engineers use there own creation as the main weapon.
28th February: Labor government get involved to bring parties together.
29th February: Emergency meetings called with GD and ALAEA.
3 LAMES reinstated.
1st March: Resolution obtained 5% for 3 years, 3% backpay reinstated for previous 12mths. Minor additions but no change to quotas
and agreement is very fair for all grades.
2nd March PAI dissolved until outcome of vote.
9th March: Membership accepts new deal .
10th March: ALAEA is battered, funds low but union spirit is strong however memebership numbers decreases and internal scabs bail and 2 groups exists at Qantas, union and non-union.
A bad relationship with QF Management lives on.
JHAS assists QF to get backlog of aircraft serviceable and a support relationship begins with JHAS working in hand with ALAEA and QANTAS for overflow work.