I am having trouble with the following item in TWTW...
INTERIM ARRANGEMENTS - QANTAS DOMESTIC IN THE ROSTER BUILD
The Association has received a number of calls/emails from members (various bases) regarding the agreed interim arrangements to include Qantas Domestic flight attendants in the roster build.
Quite apart from the benefits as outlined previously, it was in our judgement crucial to ensure flying remained in Short Haul.
Please be assured that the measures are interim and at this stage for both February and March Qantas Domestic (QD) flight attendants were assigned “Reserve” and as such did not impact on the pick up in Flexible Work Arrangements. In fact having QD numbers in the build would have assisted in members being able to release.
While we appreciate these are difficult times not only within the industry but the community at large, this interim arrangement will in the short and long term prove to be extremely beneficial for current Short Haul members. In fact it should be noted that if we had been able to convince Qantas to recruit into the Short Haul division these flight attendants would have been in the build permanently.
So what does the above mean?! It is better that these people are recruited into QD so that there is less juniors under me in FWA? What an incredibly short sighted comment!
How will giving rosters to QD pre-FWA up to November help us at all?!
