One of the big problems is that management don't think Sunstate/Eastern.
They see Qantaslink as one company with 2 AOC's, but the pilots are employed by either Sunstate or Eastern. There is one management stream, the chief pilot holds both AOC's, The training manager holds both CAR 217 approvals. Pilots on the Q400 which is on the Sunstate AOC are either employed by Sunstate or Eastern. The Sunstate pilots, (Cairns, Brisbane bases) are on a Sunstate seniority list and the Eastern pilots, (Sydney, Melbourne, Mildura bases) are on the Eastern seniority list. For a pilot in Brisbane to move to Melbourne for example he/she would have to resign from Sunstate and be rehired by Eastern.
