All you guys harping on about pay rates are missing the point that Qantas is paying their mainline 744 crews anyway!
At min hours at the moment they could probably fly the freighter for free.
Tankengine,
Couldn't agree more. The geniuses here, including The Professor, fail to see that with so much enforced leave at the moment and the crews who are flying are on the minimum divisor, I'm sure that a Letter of Agreement could be thrashed out between AIPA and the Company to crew these aircraft very quickly at minimum cost.
It might even result in some reduction in the assignment of leave, some extra flying for those who aren't doing much now and some increased Engagement levels.
But what am I thinking?? This is Qantas - who hold their pilots in such high regard!
