JHAS
Deadwood of Australian Aviation ........bit harsh i feel-there are some very experience guys there who are very good at their job! As for the 457's, well you are certainly right there! These guys were brought in because of the lack of available A330 LAME's in Oz - yet due to the useless HR dept some of them are still here despite numerous complaints by their colleague's of how useless they are! Anything above a turn round and they're running away!!!
Some have been promoted into managerial positions and therefore allowing for their foreign revolution friends to get plumb jobs elsewhere in the business! The government should be stepping in here especially seeing as the QF boys across the road are now looking for jobs.
As for JHAS going - well according to the senior management they are going nowhere, not being sold & not going into partnership with anyone (shame)! How long the Leighton Holdings/John Holland group put up with the losses is anyone's guess.
As for these continuing bingles - having spoke to other colleague's in other airlines it's no different, just that JHAS being an MRO gets them highlighted!