Geeeeeez.....you lads back home need some chill pills. Things getting a bit worrying in the Oz job front are they?
I am sure you say that in jest Madame Bandit, but it's worth addressing all the same.
We hardly need to take a chill pill "here in OZ", truth be told, the
opposite is required. What is worrying about the job situation in OZ right now is the way in which airlines are running amok with our conditions and pay. They are quite overtly making a mockery of the fair work act and contracts signed in good faith.
We used to use the term "race to the bottom" to describe airline management practices, but now it seems equally apt to use when describing some union practices too. What is most galling about that is the fact we pay these organizations to represent our wellbeing as pilots, not sign off on some regressive contract on our behalf so as to appear to be kicking goals; being the ones who closed the deal.
The point of this thread was to highlight the fact that one very competent and pilot focused union was secretly circumnavigated by Cobham, and that is a very sinister move indeed.
Back on topic.....