DC -
I would have thought this will affect the QF mainline 737 pilots more than anyone else. It seems that they may lose all trans Tasman flying. I wonder just how close we are to see QF mainline announce a surplus of pilots, especially as JQ Australia is continually increasing it's domestic operations.
If JetConnect has a surplus of pilots as a result of this restructure, I'm sure they would have first crack at the increasing number of JQ NZ jobs that this announcement implies. They will be very happy when they have to fork out over $30,000 for the pleasure of flying an A320.
Qantas is cleverly manipulating its domestic and NZ operation into a much lower cost base with the introduction of JQ NZ domestic and increased JetConnect Tasman operations.
AIPA may have a real industrial issue on it's hands if a worst case scenario emerges with Qantas pilots facing redundancies. I guess the way out is to transfer redundant pilots into Jetstar along the lines of the MOU.
What salary reduction will they have to suffer?