Merged: Proposed QF Group Pilot Seniority
"QANTAS pilots will hold crucial talks with airline management tomorrow aimed at shoring up job security, amid worries about the viability of international operations at the nation's major full-service carrier.
The Australian and International Pilots Association is prepared to limit annual pay rises to 2.5 per cent in return for jobs guarantees, but warns that it will apply to take protected industrial action if the company rejects the claim.
The results of the talks will be discussed at pilot meetings on Friday and Monday.
The union, in the new enterprise negotiations, is also seeking changes to the way pilots are promoted so that there is one seniority list throughout the Qantas Group's airlines. Pilots say this would lead to a clearer career path, starting at regional carrier QantasLink and progressing through Jetstar to end with A380 operations with Qantas mainline.
The union's moves come as Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce warned that the airline's full-service international arm was in trouble and vowed to pursue all options to arrest its decline.
Mr Joyce said yesterday he was determined to stop a long-term trend in which Qantas International's market share dropped from 42 per cent in 1977 to less than 20 per cent today."
- Steve Creedy, The Australian
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