The ALAEA have received countless pieces of corro from members. The only people who appear to be calling for the process to be done and dusted quickly are the blokes who have nothing to worry about. Anyone who is at risk wants no stone left unturned to find jobs.
To put things in perspective. Qantas are rolling about 20 changes into one process that they wanted completed after four meetings. Any one of the changes would normally take approximately 10 meetings, possibly with the assistance of fair work Australia. Some of the changes they are rolling into this include -
- Killing all 738 E checks.
- Creating new A checks that occur less regularly and are smaller checks.
- Creating a new HV1 check that is transferring wrok from tarmacs to heavy.
- culling rovers in Sydney from an average of 6 to and average of 1.
- Taking all towing from Sydney tarmacs and having it done by base with an 8 man crew who stop work at 6 pm.
- Adelaide roster change.
- Brisbane roster change.
- Removing work due to aircraft retirements.
- Transferring work to LAX.
- Removing the Sydney leave burn program.
- Changing 744 A check content.
- Extending 738 check 2's from 36 hours to 48 hours.
- Reducing the number of Senior LAMEs and making crews bigger.
- Countless other changes hidden in their fabricated and often false consultation documents.
The plan is simple. Flood the union with changes and then pretend that consultation has been extensive with the union wasting time. In their new plans they don't even have staff allocated to depart A380 aircraft.
Anyone who wants the ALAEA to sit back, sip tea and munch on iced vovos with management as they rush through change may be in the wrong union. We will challenge things we know will not work to protect every job.