I forgot to add...like all good things in life, there is a catch. If after the two year period, we choose not to stay on the A380 and decide to go to mainline, then we forfeit our jobs with QAL and agree to be employed by QCCA. This is obviously a catch designed to get rid of Domestic crews now.
ABP....I am not privy to the arrangement re QCCA. The above proposal relates only to the 20% QAL crew complement onboard the 380. Correct me if I am wrong, but I understand that 20% of the crew must be QAL. As the company is finding it difficult to obtain the 20% current International QAL crew, it appears they will offer it to Domestic QAL crew. I also understand that OBM promotions for the first 4 aircraft are reserved exclusively for QAL crew? I am happy to be corrected if I am wrong about any of these details.