If QAL crew decide to remain after the two years or extend for another 2 years , or stay indefinitely they will retain the salary top up arrangement.
Its true that the Part 2 work rules will apply to the QAL crew who decide to fly A380, however the salary maintenance provisions will continue to apply.
As for the President of the FAAA flying on the A380, over 1000 crew attended the FAAA EBA meetings when the proposal for the second tier was discussed. At that time the FAAA President indicated that he would go to A380 and work on the Part 2 conditions.
He indicated that it was a matter of personal credibility. If you negotiate conditions the least you can do is work under those work rules. I recall him saying quite publicly that the only way you will ever improve QCCA/Part2 conditions is if senior FAAA official are working under those conditions.
QCCA crew are currenly working less than 200 hours a roster on a planned basis and no one has been planned over 220 since QCCA started.
In fact the hours for QCCA crew are not much more than QAL crew. On the A380 it seems that the average hours will be around 210 hours a roster.
The easiest way to secure job security would be that all crew do 210 hours a roster, and that was discussed with long Haul Crew prior to the EBA and the FAAA was resoundinly told to do anything other than increasing hours for exsiting crew .
the FAAA delivered everything that members asked for. No increase in hours, no pay reducation, no reduction in meal allowances and a continuation of the current meal allowance formula, and a retention of the redundacy provision, regain the lost regional flying and it goes on and on...
The FAAA officials flying on A380 have already contributed to new members joining the FAAA on a daily basis by their very presence and any crew that fly A380 are very glad that FAAA official are on it. It makes them feel a lot more secure as it means whatever the company does affects FAAA officials too and my advice is that the FAAA officials will be doing flying like they always have. There is only one full time FAAA official and that is the Secretary as it has been for ever.
there is much better chances of getting A380 for more crew if the FAAA and its members are actively involved in it. Its covered by the same EBA that crew voted for and there are QAL and QCCA crew on that aircraft that need representation and will definitely get it.
The FAAA aim is 100% membership from what i hear