For the info of non ALAEA members reading this thread. Qantaslink have commenced docking LAME wages under the banner of unlawful action (at 4 hours pay each time) for ridiculous things such as -
- starting work at 0515 but didn't attend aircraft until 0525 (docked 4 hours)
- aircraft check plus any rectification was estimated to take x hours but it took twice as long (docked 4 hours even if you weren't working the aircraft).
- an aircraft was not fixed by midnight and you didn't call the manager (docked 4 hours).
And then there was this one. I don't think any tech crew would be stupid enough to report it to management even if it was said. It wasn't but lets not let the truth get in the way of an opportunity to take money off a valued employee - (Fyi tyre was down to canvas)
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A total of around 100 dockings were fabricated by the Qantas law firm with the LAMEs now being docked up to 28 hours pay each.