Question:
Qantas has used assigned leave for pilots as a mechanism of reducing the "annual & long service leave" off the books.
Forcing pilots to take assigned leave reduces the operational efficiency of that crew member.
Could you please provide a break down of how much assigned leave has been taken from the period 1st July 2009 till present.
As part of that breakdown, provide:
1. The aircraft types
2. The crew members ranks
3. The total amount of days for each type and rank per year
4. The remuneration cost of assigning the leave.
Also.
Qantas has declared a pilot surplus since 2009.
Provide the amount of the current surplus and the amount of surplus for each year since 2009. Also provide the surplus after also providing for pilots on leave of absence to other non Qantas business units.
Provide the number of new pilots recruited by any of the Qantas Group airlines from 1st July 2009. In addition to providing how many pilots were recruited. Advise which business unit they were recruited to.
MC