Originally Posted by
AerialPerspective
I clearly remember pilots from the US being interviewed about working in Australia and one of the things they said they loved was the paxing in First/Business class... they didn't get rid of the pilots that paxed in F/J, they got rid of ALL of them when they resigned en-masse.
Some of us were around during that strike and suggesting people were gotten rid of in 89 or after who had that entitlement is utter crap.
ALL pilots were 'entitled' to it.
To B772:
Australian Airlines (TAA) and all Ansett companies
To Aerial Perspective:
There was no strike. There was a dispute and nearly all of the pilots resigned their jobs!
To both:
When those Airlines started rebuilding and recruiting pilots on individual contracts, duty travel entitlements was not included in the contracts... deliberately. The Airlines could then dictate what happened. Economy with a possible J class upgrade but down the list. Flight attendants still had their first/business entitlement. For the sake a accuracy, the individual contract quickly became the award.