Originally posted by Twiggs
there is a reason, it's called an EBA
...In a word rubbish.
It's more like whatever the company wants to do then...the company will do.
They set up the base in LHR and required existing crew who wanted to be based in LHR to apply for LWOP before being hired by another company wholly owned by QF.This circumvents or sidesteps all existing rules and regs and gives them free reign.
If there were no L/H crew spare and they needed crew for the A 380 then you could bet that S/H would be offered the same deal as the LHR base but on QCCA T's and C's.There would be nothing stopping QCCA hiring any QF staff if they were on LWOP.
However...if there is a downturn in flying then there will be excess L/H crew as well as S/H crew.
The bottom line is that if it saves the company money and it suits them I learnt one thing about the company and that is....'Never say never'.
What they say today expires at midnight....if that long
