According to the AFR Melbourne and Adelaide Line Maintenance look set to be completely gutted.
On top of all the redundancies at AVV, QF HEAVY TULLA, JHAS and now QF Line Maint. Victoria looks to become an aviation maintenance wasteland....
ENGINEERS BRACE FOR CUTS
Qantas engineers are bracing for heavy cuts in the line maintenance bases at Melbourne and Adelaide, said Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers’ Association federal secretary Steve Purvinas.
“I know there are going to be changes in engineering,” he said on Tuesday. “[Engineering managers] have been running a series of roadshows telling employees to brace themselves.”
Mr Purvinas said Qantas was now referring to a “golden triangle” of maintenance in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.
“We think the ports not included in that will be hit hardest,” he said, referring to Melbourne and Adelaide.
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce will hold a meeting with union leaders on Friday but Mr Purvinas said the ALAEA would not participate.
“We don’t see the need to talk to him, because the things he says aren’t part of reality,” Mr Purvinas said.
After the results announcement on Thursday, Qantas Domestic chief executive Lyell Strambi and Qantas International chief executive Simon Hickey will answer questions from staff at a town hall meeting at the airline’s Mascot headquarters.