I dont think people were referring to MAM when they were talking about the 1 days training. They were referring to non flyers who were recently advised by QF that they were on a short list from recent recruitment drives. 1 days training for these people is totally unacceptable by anyone standards and even you MAMPOWER must agree with this surely. Although these people may not be in training due to the number of MAM crew willing to take on the challenge of international flying on Tuesday.
Another point to take into consideration is MAM are casuals working for a labour hire company. You made a choice to join MAM as a casual so if you are not getting many hours and cant pay the bills that is your choice please dont use this as an excuse when you jet off on Tuesday.
Another point to consider is how strong the union movement is in Australia and not just in the airline industry. You are working for a labour hire company not Qantas and the union is well within its right to make a request to Qantas that any member of MAM working on Tuesday never be instated as a permanent cabin crew member with Qantas for undertaking flying on Tuesday. You are not protected like Qantas employees willing to work on Tuesday. Also do you think you will ever be able to join the FAAA international division should you somehow ever score a long haul position? The FAAA have made there position very clear on their website what they think of MAM working on Tuesday.
The work that you undertake next week may very well help pay the bills but if you think Qantas or the FAAA or a large percentage of cabin crew will welcome you with open arms you are wrong. Qantas does not and cannont lose its 4000 international cabin crew and that is their priority at present MAM is filling the void on Tuesday and I am sure they will promise you this and that but if the FAAA and its 4000 members put pressure on the big Q to refuse permanent employment to the MAM crew working on Tuesday who do you think Qantas will go with.
There is a history of this sort of action by unions namely the building and waterfront so my advice to you is think carefully and than make a decision based on all the facts. Im not saying dont do it Im just giving you the other side of the coin based on what other unions have achieved even though you may not see it this way you are taking on the FAAA international division which is very powerfull please dont underestimate their power over Qantas when it comes to MAM and any other labour hire company.