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Qantas maintenance decision soon
Steve Creedy
17nov06
QANTAS has finished a review of its narrow-body maintenance at Melbourne Airport and expects to announce in the next two weeks whether it will move the operations.
The airline has been conducting the review since its March decision to move wide-body heavy maintenance out of Sydney and had originally flagged a decision by September.
It subsequently delayed an announcement until this week but recently told workers it would be further delayed.
A Qantas spokeswoman confirmed the review had been completed and an announcement would be made "in the next couple of weeks".
Executives earlier this year said the work would not be moved offshore but they were unable to rule out moving it to Avalon, near Geelong, or to Brisbane.
But workers in Melbourne say morale has hit "rock bottom" after the latest delay.
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association federal secretary Steve Purvinas said members were badly affected by the uncertainty and it was remarkable they had still processed 50 consecutive aircraft on time. "Our members down there are concerned about their future and this seems to be a tactic adopted by the airline," he said.
Mr Purvinas said the union was not aware of any facility in the Asia-Pacific that could outperform Melbourne.
"One of the options that has been discussed is the Avalon maintenance facility but they've been having no end of trouble getting some 737 freighter conversions out on time," he said.
"And members from Melbourne have been down to assist with the last four or so checks they've done there on 737 aircraft because they can't cope with the work."
The fact that management have deferred this decision three times now just shows the complete contempt with which they hold their workforce.
Good luck all the guys and gals at Tulla.
Steve Creedy
17nov06
QANTAS has finished a review of its narrow-body maintenance at Melbourne Airport and expects to announce in the next two weeks whether it will move the operations.
The airline has been conducting the review since its March decision to move wide-body heavy maintenance out of Sydney and had originally flagged a decision by September.
It subsequently delayed an announcement until this week but recently told workers it would be further delayed.
A Qantas spokeswoman confirmed the review had been completed and an announcement would be made "in the next couple of weeks".
Executives earlier this year said the work would not be moved offshore but they were unable to rule out moving it to Avalon, near Geelong, or to Brisbane.
But workers in Melbourne say morale has hit "rock bottom" after the latest delay.
Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association federal secretary Steve Purvinas said members were badly affected by the uncertainty and it was remarkable they had still processed 50 consecutive aircraft on time. "Our members down there are concerned about their future and this seems to be a tactic adopted by the airline," he said.
Mr Purvinas said the union was not aware of any facility in the Asia-Pacific that could outperform Melbourne.
"One of the options that has been discussed is the Avalon maintenance facility but they've been having no end of trouble getting some 737 freighter conversions out on time," he said.
"And members from Melbourne have been down to assist with the last four or so checks they've done there on 737 aircraft because they can't cope with the work."
The fact that management have deferred this decision three times now just shows the complete contempt with which they hold their workforce.
Good luck all the guys and gals at Tulla.
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Offshore is not a viable option for such a large fleet of small aircraft that are operated on domestic routes only.
Avalon would be the most obvious place, despite their faults. Here is an interesting thing though.
Around 2 weeks ago, a few utes and a "survey" vehicle, (if you work in BNE, it's that funny boxy little vehicle with no distinguishable front or back), spent 3-4 days inspecting the vacant "toxic wast dump" land to the south of H3.
Avalon would be the most obvious place, despite their faults. Here is an interesting thing though.
Around 2 weeks ago, a few utes and a "survey" vehicle, (if you work in BNE, it's that funny boxy little vehicle with no distinguishable front or back), spent 3-4 days inspecting the vacant "toxic wast dump" land to the south of H3.
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Melb H/M delay
I had an interesting conversation with someone in the industry. Who I might add, brought up the notion that the decision was delayed two weeks, which just happened to be after the weekend of the State Government election in Victoria.
If it were good news. Well..............lets just say politics would be neck deep into it claiming they were responsible for saving everyones jobs. Or the opposition slamming them for losing everyones jobs.
Interesting spin I thought.
If it were good news. Well..............lets just say politics would be neck deep into it claiming they were responsible for saving everyones jobs. Or the opposition slamming them for losing everyones jobs.
Interesting spin I thought.
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I would have a few each way that the narrow body line in Christchurch may get quite a fair bit busier soon if Tulla is closed down. ANZ just had a recruiting drive a few months ago and that is one thing ANZ do better that QF.......... 3rd party work.
My guess is that the State Government has already been told that the work will be lost from Victoria, and will have written back saying "of course we understand that this is a commercial decision." The announcement will be made after the election.
Aviation in Victoria is a basket case. If you read the aviation section in the Australian each Friday you will say 20 -30 jobs advertised each week. Only one or perhaps two will be in Victoria. I could say more except we don't name names.
Watch Point Cook go for property developement next. It would be retained and turned into an aviation related business cluster if there was any leadership and intelligence coming from the Victorian Government.
Miserable bunch of ex airforce prats.
Aviation in Victoria is a basket case. If you read the aviation section in the Australian each Friday you will say 20 -30 jobs advertised each week. Only one or perhaps two will be in Victoria. I could say more except we don't name names.
Watch Point Cook go for property developement next. It would be retained and turned into an aviation related business cluster if there was any leadership and intelligence coming from the Victorian Government.
Miserable bunch of ex airforce prats.
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Unions hail Tullamarine decision
Steve Creedy, Aviation writer
November 21, 2006
MORE than 450 Qantas workers are breathing easier today after the airline announced it would keep its Boeing 737 heavy maintenance operations in Melbourne.
Qantas executive general manager engineering David Cox said the decision would involve keeping 460 skilled jobs at Tullamarine and had been made pending a broader review of all Qantas engineering over the next 12 months.
The decision followed an eight month review and was was hailed by unions as an endorsement of the skills and dedication of the Tullamarine workforce.
"By deciding to back their skilled workers today, Qantas has averted what would have been a national disgrace," said Australian Workers Union national secretary Bill Shorten.
Mr Cox said the airline was confident the workers would meet the targets necessary to remain competitive against overseas operations.
Steve Creedy, Aviation writer
November 21, 2006
MORE than 450 Qantas workers are breathing easier today after the airline announced it would keep its Boeing 737 heavy maintenance operations in Melbourne.
Qantas executive general manager engineering David Cox said the decision would involve keeping 460 skilled jobs at Tullamarine and had been made pending a broader review of all Qantas engineering over the next 12 months.
The decision followed an eight month review and was was hailed by unions as an endorsement of the skills and dedication of the Tullamarine workforce.
"By deciding to back their skilled workers today, Qantas has averted what would have been a national disgrace," said Australian Workers Union national secretary Bill Shorten.
Mr Cox said the airline was confident the workers would meet the targets necessary to remain competitive against overseas operations.
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perhaps because we give a s__t about our workmanship... no matter who owns the plane.
