Qantas denies using prisoners to clean
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And remember, where MEK was, X55 wasn't far behind.
http://www.euapps.shell.com/MSDS/Dow...1136_AU_EN.rtf
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The objective is to get the aircraft clean, is it not?
I think it's more a case of highlighting why we struggle to compete with some of these cut price Asian facilities.
What's the cost of employing the crim compared to a legit cleaner in Oz?
I think it's more a case of highlighting why we struggle to compete with some of these cut price Asian facilities.
What's the cost of employing the crim compared to a legit cleaner in Oz?
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Pull your head in Bellthorpe. You seem to be here as a troll only.
Aussie based staff are fed up to hind teeth with being referred to as "uncompetitive".
So are we to accept the few minuscule dollars/hr that the crims do in order to be competitive??
are you a kiwi by any chance??
Aussie based staff are fed up to hind teeth with being referred to as "uncompetitive".
So are we to accept the few minuscule dollars/hr that the crims do in order to be competitive??
are you a kiwi by any chance??
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Pull your head in Bellthorpe. You seem to be here as a troll only
Aussie based staff are fed up to hind teeth with being referred to as "uncompetitive"
So are we to accept the few minuscule dollars/hr that the crims do in order to be competitive??
re u from NZ by any chance??
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Perhaps you are confusing this with the bigger picture of having major maintenance done overseas?
Now I'm confused. I'm sure Heavy Maintenance, Stringers and 'D' checks were mentioned in this thread
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Bellthorpe!
Outsourced heavy maintenance is precisely what the ALAEA is talking about here, and the fact that AUS based QF heavy is continually bench-marked against outfits such as SASCO who "employ" these people to conduct cleaning duties and the like.
If you are looking to get a rise out of fellow pruners you're certainly heading down the right path.
Cox wouldn't know if you were rodgering him with a hot rock up the clacker let alone the employment practices of their overseas MRO's of choice!
If you are looking to get a rise out of fellow pruners you're certainly heading down the right path.
Cox wouldn't know if you were rodgering him with a hot rock up the clacker let alone the employment practices of their overseas MRO's of choice!
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Oh well. I just didn't think the 'cleaning' issue was about turnarounds at the terminal.
More to do with cleaning aircraft undergoing a HM visit.
I must of thought wrong.
More to do with cleaning aircraft undergoing a HM visit.
I must of thought wrong.
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But it doesn't explain why the use of prisoners to clean aircraft is a problem.
The main issue for most is cost.
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But it doesn't explain why the use of prisoners to clean aircraft is a problem.
It is also a moral/ethical problem. Oh, well a relative one I guess. If you don't have any problems with child-labour philippino sweatshop workers producing textiles for the Australian market because they're cheaper and more efficient (those kids complain way less than pesky fully-paid Aussie adults), then you'd hardly have a problem with illegal immigrants and small-time criminals being forced to clean an Australian aeroplane for next-to-nothing I suppose. I mean, many people appear to have very "flexible" ethics/morals when there's money involved.
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I can't see what the problem with it is. If we use prisoners to clean then the airline becomes more profitable, the Executives receive bigger bonuses, their wives are then happier and wish to have sex with them more often, the more sex they have the happier they become and the better they treat the remaining employees.
. QF need more people like you
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The Death of Aviation Safety?
A statement based on hearsay. Not admissable in court - with absolutely evidence to support it.
And what do we get - a confidential reporting system implemented by the ALAEA. For god's sake - CASA has one, Qantas has one, the press have one. I guess the ALAEA have to have something to divert the public from critical appraisal of employment T&Cs whenever the ALAEA come up with the latest outrageous wage claim.
Aircraft safety is a collaboration of staff, company, and regulator. The ALAEA could have a passionate, vital, leadership role in aviation safety. So why is it that this association only brings it up when it has an industrial barrow to push? It seems that they too subscribe to the mantra - safety costs, because it only seems to be important when they seek to line there own pockets.
This statement is a slap in the face of aviation professionals working in this country from regulator thru to the guy turning the spanner. I am ashamed.
And what do we get - a confidential reporting system implemented by the ALAEA. For god's sake - CASA has one, Qantas has one, the press have one. I guess the ALAEA have to have something to divert the public from critical appraisal of employment T&Cs whenever the ALAEA come up with the latest outrageous wage claim.
Aircraft safety is a collaboration of staff, company, and regulator. The ALAEA could have a passionate, vital, leadership role in aviation safety. So why is it that this association only brings it up when it has an industrial barrow to push? It seems that they too subscribe to the mantra - safety costs, because it only seems to be important when they seek to line there own pockets.
This statement is a slap in the face of aviation professionals working in this country from regulator thru to the guy turning the spanner. I am ashamed.