Rumour: Sunstate Engineers suspended over aircraft sabotage?
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No I won't call any worker stupid, however the news paper article was trying to explain that just about every group within the Q group are in wage negotiations. Getting nowhere mind you due to the company crying poor and in the same article saying the executives gave themselves a hefty pay rise.
These same execs are giving the consulting firm direct orders to contain wage rise for workers to 3% or better. This will then ensure the consulting firm max payment as nobody will agree to this without a fight thus prolonging negotiations hence more work = bigger bill by them win win.
These same execs are giving the consulting firm direct orders to contain wage rise for workers to 3% or better. This will then ensure the consulting firm max payment as nobody will agree to this without a fight thus prolonging negotiations hence more work = bigger bill by them win win.
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What is happening, I see Skywest/Virgin looking for pilots and an Eng manager east coast. Anything for the engineer's yet?
Obviously Q management aren't afraid you will pack your tool box's.
Should only be a type course and accelerated training for most of you there at Sunstate.
Shame they didn't choose the Q400!
Maybe the ATR has some advantages.
Obviously Q management aren't afraid you will pack your tool box's.
Should only be a type course and accelerated training for most of you there at Sunstate.
Shame they didn't choose the Q400!
Maybe the ATR has some advantages.
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Ex supervisor now scab manager
Hear round the traps this person trying to get extra people from other operators to come and work at sunnies during their days off.
This is very low for an ex employee, obviously not well liked.
Also hear being knocked back - some people still have morals.
Way to go.
This is very low for an ex employee, obviously not well liked.
Also hear being knocked back - some people still have morals.
Way to go.
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Cockpit Doors
I've heard that it was written in the minutes of an OH&S meeting that all the Dash 8 cockpit doors were being changed to electronic lock doors due to an ergonomic problem with the latches, ie pilots hurting their hands while trying to open the doors. Is this how they are trying to cover up the fact that you could gain access to the cockpit with a paddle pop stick or folded up boarding pass.
Can anyone confirm ?
Can anyone confirm ?
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Here is a laugh for you Qlink have advertised for a tooling coordinator as the current guy was promoted to a ground equip coordinator or something didn’t take them long to advertise for this position. And if you can for fill the requirement to be a successful candidate you would not even bother going for it and then you would Lough at the prothetic wage they would offer. But what about replacing the nine odd engineers that have left? no need for a tooling coordinator if there is no engineers to use them
PS they would have more qualifications than the current chief engineer
PS they would have more qualifications than the current chief engineer
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Gee, ground equipment coordinator. In recent times there has been one guy fall of a stand with no hand rails head first, a Go-ezy tipped over due to incorrect tyres and improper inflation and generally a major lack of equipment to carry out the job required which the guys have screamed about. All of which they somehow turn around to being the workers fault.
Now they have put a guy in the job who has no engineering back ground (aviation or otherwise) and who is desperate to be given a job on the tools fixing A/C......I hope he is not going to be the next fall guy for the incompetent managers there. Good luck to him.
Now they have put a guy in the job who has no engineering back ground (aviation or otherwise) and who is desperate to be given a job on the tools fixing A/C......I hope he is not going to be the next fall guy for the incompetent managers there. Good luck to him.
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ground equipment coordinator
This person will have to be switched on as he/she needs to have vital equipment where ever the work is not being carried out.
Case in point 2 Q400 fuel tank probes (different A/C) to be changed in BNE, vital piece of equipment in CNS where both probes should have be changed days previously by 3rd party maintenance.
Engineer's can only raise MEL to keep A/C flying, crews can ground them when they get the willies about climbing stands to do fuel dips at out stations after refuelling and prior to departure. Option carry fuel for the days flying - good luck.
Case in point 2 Q400 fuel tank probes (different A/C) to be changed in BNE, vital piece of equipment in CNS where both probes should have be changed days previously by 3rd party maintenance.
Engineer's can only raise MEL to keep A/C flying, crews can ground them when they get the willies about climbing stands to do fuel dips at out stations after refuelling and prior to departure. Option carry fuel for the days flying - good luck.
The Townsville Refuler said the Pilots are not trained to do fuel dips...
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Ongoing dispute
Well here we are another month into this debacle.
Situation the same management crying poor on TV and to anybody who will listen. While lining the wallet with the green bills.
The staff actually getting poorer, trying to still fix shoddily maintained aircraft by 3 rd party maintenance.
Breakdowns increasing exponentially with duration of dispute, can't be sunnies engineering fault as we rarely carry out work except for the breakdowns.
Hire another contract manager (my mistake hire a supervisor from outside the company) to look after those disgruntled trouble making engineers on a nightly basis. Why? Because nobody in house wanted to do the job because you aren't allowed too - unless you toe the DD,SH line. i.e. try to do something with nothing.
Seems still appropriate to spend 1000 times actual pay rise asked for (approx $1000 per year) for the average engineer to not give in.
Send out bull
emails to all and sundry extolling their willingness to negotiate terms, when they themselves receive extensive bonus's for adding millions to the budget.
Basic respect for the worker has dissipated, that is if they had any in the first place which I doubt.
And that is the good news.
Situation the same management crying poor on TV and to anybody who will listen. While lining the wallet with the green bills.
The staff actually getting poorer, trying to still fix shoddily maintained aircraft by 3 rd party maintenance.
Breakdowns increasing exponentially with duration of dispute, can't be sunnies engineering fault as we rarely carry out work except for the breakdowns.
Hire another contract manager (my mistake hire a supervisor from outside the company) to look after those disgruntled trouble making engineers on a nightly basis. Why? Because nobody in house wanted to do the job because you aren't allowed too - unless you toe the DD,SH line. i.e. try to do something with nothing.
Seems still appropriate to spend 1000 times actual pay rise asked for (approx $1000 per year) for the average engineer to not give in.
Send out bull
emails to all and sundry extolling their willingness to negotiate terms, when they themselves receive extensive bonus's for adding millions to the budget.Basic respect for the worker has dissipated, that is if they had any in the first place which I doubt.
And that is the good news.
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midnight training
here thru the grapevine pushback training been held after midnight approx 0100 by QLink. Can't be for current staff as they have gone home @ midnight as per roster.
training for WHO and WHY ???????????????????
Just another sleezy attempt to circumvent the EBA
training for WHO and WHY ???????????????????
Just another sleezy attempt to circumvent the EBA