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A_B_P...Is it true that the current cabin crew that have chosen to work on the 380 cannot bid for trips?
That is not a huge problem while it's only doing LA's it still means that you cannot plan much of your life.No planning for things like Christmas,birthdays or anything...
Then when it starts doing other destinations after new aircraft arrive you will get less money compared to crews doing LA's and New Yorks.
So if this is true then in effect you have chosen to take a pay cut....plus more hours..etc....
That is not a huge problem while it's only doing LA's it still means that you cannot plan much of your life.No planning for things like Christmas,birthdays or anything...
Then when it starts doing other destinations after new aircraft arrive you will get less money compared to crews doing LA's and New Yorks.
So if this is true then in effect you have chosen to take a pay cut....plus more hours..etc....
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All the staff that attended the ceremony had been given a raffle ticket for a chance at some prize (no one would say what it was when they handed them out).
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A trip around the world with Kevin Rudd.
urrent Crew that transfered over to fly the A380 knew the conditions. Its in the EBA which current crew voted YES to.
Still what would make you give up the 400 and a roster for the 380?
I guess some people will always want to play with the latest toy....
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According to Fairfax newspaper reports, a ceremony will occur in Sydney on 30 September 2008, where the first Airbus A380 delivered to Australian national airline Qantas will be named in her honour.[1] As her preference is to adopt the hyphenation that her late husband used (between her first name and the first word of her last name), Qantas has honoured that wish and the aircraft shows her name in the form "Nancy-Bird Walton", despite her strictly correct name being with the hyphenated last name as used in Wikipedia entry.
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speedbirdhouse no I haven't had the pleasure of working with MEL based crew yet, not sure if I will either being based in SYD. As for the top up pay my point was the hours worked won't be the maximum therefore they will be doing pretty much the same hours as they do in general pool for the same pay. So really nothing lost for them. However the QCCA people will be on the lesser pay no matter what they do and will have to stay A380 without the right of return.
Lowerlobe it is true that the crew on the A380 cannot bid for trips. The only bidding we get to do is buddy bidding. If you need a special day off then it has to be requested leave through your manager. There is always trip swapping if we get desperate for time off which is already working pretty well amongst QCCA crew.
QCCA crew get paid the same no matter what we do. Yes we have overtime on LAX ( same as JNB ) etc but we don't get long range allowances like QF do. I understand what you mean by various trips in the future will mean less take home pay but that happens now in general pool for QCCA anyway. A lot of us took the job on the base pay and everything else is a bonus. For some of us the choice to go A380 is to hopefully have more time off initially, shorter trips eventually, and also to be in an equal work environment where seniority doesn't assign our work position, time off, trips away etc. It would be nice to have all that but we don't so we go where we think it will work better for us individually. A lot of QCCA people don't want A380, they have their own reasons to stay.
Hope that clears a few things up for you boys, happy to help out if you need more info.
Lowerlobe it is true that the crew on the A380 cannot bid for trips. The only bidding we get to do is buddy bidding. If you need a special day off then it has to be requested leave through your manager. There is always trip swapping if we get desperate for time off which is already working pretty well amongst QCCA crew.
QCCA crew get paid the same no matter what we do. Yes we have overtime on LAX ( same as JNB ) etc but we don't get long range allowances like QF do. I understand what you mean by various trips in the future will mean less take home pay but that happens now in general pool for QCCA anyway. A lot of us took the job on the base pay and everything else is a bonus. For some of us the choice to go A380 is to hopefully have more time off initially, shorter trips eventually, and also to be in an equal work environment where seniority doesn't assign our work position, time off, trips away etc. It would be nice to have all that but we don't so we go where we think it will work better for us individually. A lot of QCCA people don't want A380, they have their own reasons to stay.
Hope that clears a few things up for you boys, happy to help out if you need more info.
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QF Seat Map
Seat map is on the QF website under "Flying With Us"
Flying with Us - In the Air - Seat Maps - Airbus A380
I have no knowlege of horizontal rest.
Flying with Us - In the Air - Seat Maps - Airbus A380
I have no knowlege of horizontal rest.
Nancy-Bird
I three will add my mea culpa! Isn't it a good thing that she was not called 'Fancy-Nancy'???
Does anyone know what the balance of the A380 fleet is being named? If QF stick to people, I would have thought and hoped that the names Hudson Fysh, Paul McGinness, Fergus McMaster and Arthur Baird would be high on the list.
Does anyone know what the balance of the A380 fleet is being named? If QF stick to people, I would have thought and hoped that the names Hudson Fysh, Paul McGinness, Fergus McMaster and Arthur Baird would be high on the list.
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Crew rest on the A380, but not sure if the QF config is the same.
All under floor of the main deck.
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All under floor of the main deck.
Picasa Web Albums - 013 - A380
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Interesting that the link you provided skylarker suggests that CC will have access to IFE in their bunks.
This is certainly the case with Emirates CC on their long range A340s and our pilots on the A330s
I find it hard to believe that the drop down box for this feature wasn't deselected by QF management when the order was originally made.
Does anyone know?
This is certainly the case with Emirates CC on their long range A340s and our pilots on the A330s
I find it hard to believe that the drop down box for this feature wasn't deselected by QF management when the order was originally made.
Does anyone know?
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There are 12 bunks for a crew of 22.
Under floor in the centre section of the aircraft.
Alas no IFE in the bunks
there are also an additional 4 seats on the rear of the upper deck for meals etc however no IFE in those seats either.
Of course the good news is that the Pilots will get Full IFE in the Flight Crew Rest area
I guess they are fully optioned.
To be honest i dont think that the CC will have time to watch movies as the service is likely to go on forever lol
Under floor in the centre section of the aircraft.
Alas no IFE in the bunks
there are also an additional 4 seats on the rear of the upper deck for meals etc however no IFE in those seats either.
Of course the good news is that the Pilots will get Full IFE in the Flight Crew Rest area
I guess they are fully optioned.
To be honest i dont think that the CC will have time to watch movies as the service is likely to go on forever lol
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Was told by my manager that all direct LAX from SYD & MEL will be done by A380 crew by mid next year. Also that all QCCA will be sent to A380 within the next few months, which sends me straight back to the bottom of the pile.
I thought QCCA was sposed to be some relief for those of us at the bottom of the seniority system. Like many others around my date (and even above me) I am thinking of going over to A380 now. Would rather no choice and just LAX trips than no choice and just JNB trips. Lord help those in the middle of the pile, they are about to become the juniors all over again.
I thought QCCA was sposed to be some relief for those of us at the bottom of the seniority system. Like many others around my date (and even above me) I am thinking of going over to A380 now. Would rather no choice and just LAX trips than no choice and just JNB trips. Lord help those in the middle of the pile, they are about to become the juniors all over again.
Thanks for the answers guys about how the onboard managers were "chosen". Seems they have hand selected the typical "yes" men and women! You know the crawlers who will do anything and everything, and have hung around the office doing "special projects."
I know a few of the people going over as CSS's and CSM's, and they fit the above bill perfectly. But I would hate to be crew on their flights! The ones I know are fairly junior in their rank and wouldn't know a Jumbo from an Airbus!! Experience goes a long way, and all the training in the world won't substitute for that.
I know a few of the people going over as CSS's and CSM's, and they fit the above bill perfectly. But I would hate to be crew on their flights! The ones I know are fairly junior in their rank and wouldn't know a Jumbo from an Airbus!! Experience goes a long way, and all the training in the world won't substitute for that.
Do Real Captains Cry at a launch or only after a sim check!!!