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Old 23rd Mar 2016, 10:41
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gulliBell
 
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I worked for them for 5 years. They underpaid a group of their pilots for years and were dragged kicking and screaming by the pilot union to the Industrial Relations Commission. Of course they rolled over just before it was listed for hearing so there could be no adjudication on the matter. They then chose not to renew those pilots contracts, to be replaced by cheaper labor, which of course triggered another round of action by the pilot union. True to form they rolled over again just before the matter went to a hearing and the pilots were re-instated with back pay. The money they spent on legal representation to duck and weave their way out of court would have hired a pilot for years. The really illogical thing about the whole episode was that the pilot salary increases were chargeable to the client, plus their contract margin, so if the pilots had been paid the correct rate from the outset it would have been better for the company profitability. All they did was needlessly cause ill feeling between the affected pilot group and the company. None of the affected pilots ever worked for HNZ again.
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