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Old 24th Jun 2011, 01:11
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Is the AIPA really pushing the job security clause to have Jetstar pilots paid the same as Qantas pilots?
The answer to your question is that AIPA's job security claim is for flights with a Qantas flight number to be flown by pilots on T&Cs no worse than Qantas T&Cs.

Therefore, if Qantas want to codeshare a flight with Jetstar, then the pilots of that flight should be paid Qantas T&Cs. If Qantas DO NOT codeshare on a Jetstar flight, the Jetstar pilots would be on their existing conditions. So the cliam is to essentially stop Qantas transferring more and more flights onto a Jetstar codeshare and effectively have people who have paid for a Qantas ticket being flown by pilots on Jetstar conditions.

Of course this doesn't suit the leprechaun and his cronies so he will misrepresent it whatever way that he can. Since the public have the attention span of a gnat, and the journalists have the intelligence of a house-brick, this point is being lost.

Sadly, it is easier for Qantas to present simple LIES through their paid-for media outlets than it is for AIPA to spread a more complicated truth!
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