Finally, some balls - NJS Pilots take industrial action
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Finally, some balls - NJS Pilots take industrial action
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...27/2016288.htm
Good to see. Plenty of pilots talk big, but these guys are ready to walk the walk.
Lets get behind the NJS boys and girls and give them our support.
Go you good thing
Good to see. Plenty of pilots talk big, but these guys are ready to walk the walk.
Lets get behind the NJS boys and girls and give them our support.
Go you good thing
It's good to see that the company doesn't believe the business will be affected!
If I were a NJS ticket holder, I would be sleeping well knowing my travel plans are safe.
NOT!!!
If I were a NJS ticket holder, I would be sleeping well knowing my travel plans are safe.
NOT!!!
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G'day NSJ,
Perhaps in some cases they wouldn't mind staying back a few extra days but from what I have seen, the time off for a lot of the workers is more sacred than the pay packet. On the flip side, there would inevitably be some rostering catch up for the people out on break to make up for their lost time on site. So when it is all over, most would not necessarily be better off financially, rather just doing extra work to compensate for an extended break.
Time for all those charter operators out there to make sure they have plenty of airframes and crews available.
Perhaps in some cases they wouldn't mind staying back a few extra days but from what I have seen, the time off for a lot of the workers is more sacred than the pay packet. On the flip side, there would inevitably be some rostering catch up for the people out on break to make up for their lost time on site. So when it is all over, most would not necessarily be better off financially, rather just doing extra work to compensate for an extended break.
Time for all those charter operators out there to make sure they have plenty of airframes and crews available.
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Just the start I believe....
All these F%$KED up operators who have been taking advantage of us for years are now starting to get what they deserve...
I hope the NJS boys/gals stick together and make all areas of the industry listen....
I think there will be many more going down this path soon......
All these F%$KED up operators who have been taking advantage of us for years are now starting to get what they deserve...
I hope the NJS boys/gals stick together and make all areas of the industry listen....
I think there will be many more going down this path soon......
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My thought exactly, Slice. Just when they could have stood to take advantage of the NJS strike, Skippers' stingy habits have bit them in the @rse!!! Oh the irony! 
Methinks Network and Maroomba will poach whatever they can, dunno about XR, they seem to crosshire NJS a fair bit -where will that leave them??
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Methinks Network and Maroomba will poach whatever they can, dunno about XR, they seem to crosshire NJS a fair bit -where will that leave them??
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Go for it Guys!!!
Good luck and all the best with it all!!!
Good to see a pilot group standing up for a change and not rolling over and selling one's self short as others have in the past....!
Hopefully the tied is turning, go for it lads! I'll be rooting for you!
cheers,
SP
Good luck and all the best with it all!!!
Good to see a pilot group standing up for a change and not rolling over and selling one's self short as others have in the past....!
Hopefully the tied is turning, go for it lads! I'll be rooting for you!
cheers,
SP
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While being in support for the guys in NJS I hope that this is handled the right way or it might just play into the hands of Kim Il Howard in this election year.
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You could be right LL, but I think (hope) it's all over now,people have made up their minds - seen the lies for what they are, stopped listening Work no Choices the final insult.......
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Whilst I agree with lowerlobe, this could also be used as an example to other workers in Australia. That being, if a skilled group of workers is having to go to this extreme to get their employer to negotiate, imagine what it is like for unskilled workers.
Good luck with it guys.
Good luck with it guys.
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Ahh - rammel, a valid point indeed. Shrek would disagree of course, and get plenty of air time to do it. 
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It seems incongruous that pilots should have any truck with the TWU: here's hoping the wheels don't come off.
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