Further Jobs Os With Qf????

[QANTASTIC]

I have read this in the local news paper ...What do you guys think?? considering they have people on the short list waiting to be told ANYTHING within the next 24hrs... BUT THEY KEEP SAYING THERE ARE NO JOBS???

Tensions between Qantas and its 4000 international flight attendants have risen sharply and are bound to worsen, amid growing talk the airline could face widespread industrial action if it pushes to increase the number of overseas-based cabin crew.

Qantas's enterprise bargaining agreement with its crew expires in December and the airline is keen to increase the maximum 370 overseas-based flight attendants it can employ. That cap was set with unions two years ago.


After establishing cabin crew bases in New Zealand and Thailand some four years ago, Qantas is now mulling over new crew bases, such as South Africa, in a bid to slash wages and cut the hotel and meal allowances expenses for crew rested in long-haul destinations.

The Flight Attendants Association says Thailand-based Qantas cabin crew members, for example, receive about one-quarter the wages of their Australian counterparts.

``If it was true that Qantas was proposing an expansion of overseas places or a lifting of the current cap of those flight attendants, the FAAA and its membership would view that with the gravest concern,'' said the head of the union's international division, Michael Mijatov.

mmmmmm NOT HAPPY JAN !!

[604chic]

Couldn't have said it any better myself Biscuit Chucker

(Aside from the odd expletive that comes to mind!)

[GalleyHag]

7 April 2004

Attention all Qantas Long Haul Flight Attendants

-OVERSEAS BASES-THE FAAA POSITION

Last week I contacted Qantas in relation to the mounting speculation that Qantas was seriously contemplating the opening of additional overseas bases and the employment of more overseas based crew. The speculation centred particularly on the establishment of a London base and the possibility that Qantas will want to remove the current cap restriction on overseas based crew (370).

The Company responded to my queries in similar terms to the newsletter issued by Mark Hassell to you dated 31 March 2004.

The FAAA believes that it is the intention of the Company to establish a London base with approximately between 350-400 cabin crew employed by contract. We further believe that if the base is established that Australian Long Haul crew will not be flying to London.

Let there be no ambiguity, the FAAA will oppose by all means available any attempt by Qantas to remove the 370 cap on overseas-based crew. The manner by which Qantas resolves the Divisional Flying negotiations and the issue of overseas bases will be the litmus test for its likely behaviour in EBA VII negotiations later this year.

The outcome of these two issues will determine the industrial stance that the FAAA leadership will adopt in the coming months. Cabin Crew should be under no illusion that an expansion of overseas based crew is a direct threat to your working conditions and to the ability of Australian based crew to obtain favourable outcomes in future EBA rounds.

The FAAA has had discussions with Shane Enright the Aviation Secretary of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) about this issue on 26 March and the ITF will assist the FAAA in relation to this issue if required.

I will be writing to you very shortly about further steps that the FAAA will be undertaking in relation to this issue. The FAAA will also ensure that measures are taken to ensure we have sufficient funds on hand to mount a comprehensive campaign against any announcement by Qantas to further expand overseas bases.

We urge members to contact the FAAA by email on [email protected] and give us your view about this issue.



Written and authorised by Michael Mijatov – Divisional Secretary International

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