Read your EBA gent's....5 years.
38.5 Re-employment
(if you are really that keen!!!!)
38.5.1 A pilot whose service is terminated due to redundancy or who terminates service whilst under notice of termination due to redundancy in order to take up alternative duties as a pilot will maintain their right for re-employment with the Employer for five (5) years or until offered re-employment, which is subsequently rejected by the pilot, whichever occurs first....
38.5.2 A pilot shall retain their relative position in the seniority list for the purposes of access to re-employment under clause 38.5.1
On another note.....
It is indeed a shame that the global economy is in turmoil and redundancies are being seen world wide across all industries but I see it as an even bigger shame if we do not act as a pilot body to increase our base salary. The sacrifices made by staff across the board since the merging of the two companies to build a strong viable airline are over due to be recognised by the company.
What do you think will be LKH's story 3 years down the track from now at the next EBA if we decide to defer any decent claim till then....crying poor yet again with different reasons. Seen it before, seeing it now and of course we'll see it again!
I still believe now is still the time to act on our low base. We do however need to be careful in our claims to limit these threatened redundancies. We all know a certain Singaporean will cut his nose off to spite his face; but won't we need the crew to move back into QLD!!!! Thoughts?
Interesting links RE: Maca*r demise....
ABC
ASIC