GD on the ABC radio this morning said that shareholders were more important than the QF employees and derserved the money as dividends before the workers got 1 cent more than 3% offered.
as for the increased jobs in Qf that GD always sprouts, it hasn't been at the coal face in engineering, I recall we were around 2100, now 1500 LAME's with many more aircraft (Qf & customer) on line and they are flying them longer each day reducing maintenance time available.
Sad thing is, 3%, 5%, $200k or whatever, the problems facing engineering (or your dept.) are still there the very next day;
same management,
lack of manpower,
increasing work load,
fatigue issues,
stress issues,
training....which if we got, we'd loose people off the floor to do the work
Engineering are under resourced, doing safety critical maintenance at 5am, while under fatigue and stress and often without proper meal breaks. I'ts a bloody wonder it still functions
Basically there appears to be no hope of a "sustainable future" for this airline, no matter what GD tells the media or shareholders.
God only knows where it will end up.
but this fight is way beyond a pay rise, it IS about our futures........
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