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PILOT JOBS NOT AT RISK - QANTAS
QANTAS has rejected claims that the jobs of its pilots are under threat, after a union threatened strike action.
Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA) president Barry Jackson today said a meeting with airline management had failed to resolve key issues, including fears about the offshoring of jobs.
But Qantas said pilot concerns about job security were unfounded and warned that any industrial action would hurt its business and passengers.
"Qantas has not made a pilot redundant in almost 40 years and there is no threat to the job security of our pilots," it said in a statement.
The strike threat comes amid ongoing negotiations between pilots and Qantas management over a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) for international pilots.
.."The threat of industrial action is part of the unions posturing to get increased wages and conditions for international pilots as part of the EBA negotiations and to limit the ability of Qantas group to compete with other airlines," the airline said.
AIPA members will meet in Sydney tomorrow and in Melbourne on Monday and the union says it is ready to take industrial action in pursuit of its claims.
"All our claims are based around job security and career progression, tying ourselves with the Qantas brand," Mr Jackson.
OK, well if our concerns about "job security are unfounded" then easy fix - write a clause in the EBA giving the job security asked for. There's no risk right?
Classic!
