Yossarian , they won't be calling in FL pilots on their days off , they will be using them to negate the need to call in the current pilots on their days off for the fantastic money they currently get for that . The nett result no more day off pay for anyone . The argument is why not just employ a pilot on a normal fulltime contract .
Why does jetstar need to bring in direct entry captains ? This has nothing to do with the Qantas MOU . These are external Capts who will be brought in over the top of current jetstar f/o's . Why would anyone support this . They can claim 10% FL only however once in they can just keep making FL pilots fulltime continually bringing in DEC's negating the need to ever upgrade a current jetstar F/O . Or should we trust Jetstar management to do the right thing ? Why would the AFAP and the AIPA jetstar reps support this . When advised by AIPA that this could not go ahead there was a major dummy spit by the jetstar reps . Why are they so passionate about allowing Direct Entry Capts to squash the careers of their F/O's . While I'm on it . What will happen to the Jetstar 330 pilots when the Qantas 330's they are flying finally go back to Qantas ? With the current push into Asia it seems no 787's will ever be based in Australia . What happens then ?