Division 1 Ironically, the NWA lames who opposed the scabs at NWA are now the QF scabs. The 140 are not all AME's, 20 Lame's (all employed by QF USA or QF Australia) + another 8 (QF usa) in the near future. Supervision is virtually non existant. Very unorganized. When the last winglet that was damaged, the supervisor, who was supposed to watch the plane being pushed out of the hangar, was in the office, surfing the internet whilst a newly hired contract mechanic forgot to open the hangar door enough to clear the wing.
PIOT True, management treats them like sh*t, but most of the workforce have nowhere else to go. Airlines going out of business, moving out of LAX, downsizing and outsourcing are keeping a lot of poeple at QF. It started at 25 and has steadily increased to over 100 over the years. Out of the 40 more, probably less than half will stay.
Bug You should care, If LAX does a small % of the work on a small % of the fleetand only ends up doing 2% of the work, well there's the 2% you are fighting for. First you don't care if you loose 2% of the work because it's nothing, yet you want an extra 2% like it's a monumental amount. Open your eyes!
None of the contractor were offered any formal training, A380 or otherwise. Almost all of them never worked or trained on a A330 before but they are working on them now. None of the contractors have a CASA license, some don't even have a FAA license.