Does anybody else feel the FAAA has seriously let down QCCA crew yet again. For 5 hard year FAAA promised it will get better only to have been yet only agreed for the company to offered THREE main benefits that seem to be a little or no cost to the company.
1- Staff travel higher priority for your travel companion when you are operating on a flight.
2- Only 32 part time postions offered across Sydney and Melbourne A380 bases across all categories, made available to crew who meet an agreed criteria (somewhat discriminating)
3- A more effective trip swap site. Which is beneficial to the company anyway as it saves on costs with manual processing from crewing.
A low 3% pay increase is not enough. That the standard pay increase all workers get in any businesses, and considering QCCA crew work weekends and public holidays as do not having a guaranteed day off bidding system, it simply isn't enough for me to vote yes. And sorry a one off 2% bonus that has been offered ($750 before tax) is a joke.
QCCA as it stands are the lowest paid crew in Australia. Yes we get overtime rates early etc but that is the nature of the job and the entitlement/benefit of working longhaul flights, it doesn't mean that base wages should be low, because when your working short international flights or on leave, the cash flow is barely enough to live off... and goodluck trying to save if you have a mortgage or in the market to buy on a single income particularly if your working 240 hours and find it hard to even have a social life or meet anyone.
FAAA= QAL CSM's protecting their own wages and conditions