Originally Posted by
angryrat
They are the consequences if we don't stop this right now. Kiss the long haul award goodbye for every Australian pilot and the downward pressure moves onto the next award, whether it be Qantas, Virgin or Jetstar. This doesn't just effect Qantas pilots it effects every future airline pilot in Australia. Think, if Qantas hires only foreign pilots in the future that means there are more Australian pilots for less Australian jobs. You do the math on how that works out for pay and conditions.
This is exactly the point I was making; for those of us at Jetconnect, protecting (not further undercutting to be correct) the Mainline contract is not only in our interest but in the interest of the future of Australian and NZ aviation. How we as a pilot group are even considering looking at a contract that is worse off than VANZ or Jetstar NZ is beyond me.
Watch this space as our draft CEA gets put on the table, we will hopefully see it thrown back into the company’s lap. Captains and FO’s alike have been voting with their feet for the last couple of years.