The use of pilots under the Qantas mainline awards may be marginally more expensive. However having pilots sit idle & unproductive must be costing a fortune.
And that is what 'they' will use against crew ALL the time, and you can't argue with it. It is definitely 'their' fault, but it serves the purpose to trumpet it.
We have 1,000 pilots that flew 100 aircraft. We now only have 50 aircraft (discounting the ones we pay to have parked
) so we clearly have too many pilots....
Ranmar - thanks for pointing that bit out, indeed interesting. Sadly Qantas staff will be lumped in the same basket, despite the fact almost any 'technical' Qf staff member would be earning very similar (if not more) in any of their competitor airlines. And would definitely get better staff travel benefits!