When is the next cull at QF Engineering?

[ALAEA Fed Sec]

Today's notice is an important one.




Notice 050 - 2014 - All Qantas Members - Important Redundancy Update
Important Instructions for Members Near Cutoff Line The ALAEA has advised Qantas that we would consider them to be in breach of your Workplace Determination should they implement retrenchments whilst consultation is ongoing. Unfortunately Qantas may decide to do as they please anyway and breach the Workplace Determination under the concept of – who cares, let the ALAEA take us to court and we will find out who wins in twelve months time.

We need to be as prepared as possible should they unfairly march people off the base so we can apply for court orders on the same day. That being the case:

Any member who thinks they may be close to or below the danger line should call our office immediately where your details will be taken in preparation for a legal challenge.

The lines may be busy so keep trying until you get through.

Recording of Work
One thing that has become apparent during consultation is that Qantas have been using the Mxi system to record hours LAMEs spend working on aircraft and using the figures extracted from the system to justify job losses. We know the Mxi system does not record everything you do and is itself flawed. We are pressing Qantas to take into account other records such as Cabin Condition and Tech Logs plus time spent on computer based-training.

As much as Qantas are not taking notice of our claims that they are underestimating the amount of work we do, it is still vital both now and into the future that every single thing you do for the company is recorded somewhere. We have been taking ALAEA records and giving presentations to the company on things we do and they are simply responding that there is no record of the work.

If you are called at short notice to unblock a drain, reset a magic carpet, wing walk a plane or anything else please record it. Proper records may help us now and certainly will next time they attempt to wield the axe.

Steve Purvinas
Federal Secretary