Re: TALKWRENCH post 4289
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If the backlog is so bad on the line
There is no backlog on the line. People from SIT are being sent to the hangars everyday. So that must mean there is an excess of labour at SIT.
There are certain individuals from SIT that work 12 hour shifts at the hangars on most of their days off, but it's not for the money
(a RH saying comes to mind) but to provide licence coverage for the depleated base maintenance crews.
Just a thought, but if these individuals declined their coverage on certain shifts that have a shortfall, wouldn't it force the company into putting on more courses to give the base LAMEs and AMEs the opportunity of progressing their careers and benifiting financially. Isn't that what you wanted and most AME's want a career path
relay, maybe you haven't noticed that the PIA is over. LAME's voted for the pay rise and regrades, and the ALAEA and QF Engineering management agreed and kissed and made up.
Now that LAME's want to do O/T, for love or money, is no concern of anyone else. People have bills and mortgages to pay, and with the current downturn in world financial markets, if you haven't noticed, is a fair case of get what you can while you can.
There should be no line between Line Maintenance, Base Maintenance, Domestic or International. If you wear a QANTAS uniform, and we all do, we work for QANTAS, even though we are in different cost centres makes no difference. Guys (and girls) in Base are no more valuable than those on line and vice versa, but for you to even mention that LAME's on line to not do O/T just to help the cause of those in base, is just a tad selfish and self serving. Maybe you're in line for a course to help your career path.
Perhaps you and the guys complaining in base should be putting in for O/T to benefit you financially, then you wouldn't have so many Line guys coming over and scuttling your career advancement whilst waiting for that ever elusive course you so desire.
Wake up and take a look around you. You are part of a bigger picture than base maintenance. There are many guys prepared to do the work you're not prepared to do. Just a fact of life.