REX Resignations
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Redundancies?
One aspect of the upcoming reduction in the REX schedule may be, strangely enough, a surplus of F/O's. With the large number of Captains resigning, and the majority of F/O's not going anywhere, what happens to the excess? With the constant stream of graduating cadets coming through the system well into the future, REX will have lots of pilots, but they'll be much less productive than they should be!
Also, REX are currently interviewing around 2 dozen "experienced" pilots in a belated effort to mitigate the situation. Mmmm, lets see, when will these pilots be ready for upgrade? My guess is sometime after their interviews with a rival carrier.
Be interesting to see LKH's reaction to the revelation that not only will the latest direct entries fail to stick around (dugh!), but he is now carrying a large inventory of spare F/O's!
Also, REX are currently interviewing around 2 dozen "experienced" pilots in a belated effort to mitigate the situation. Mmmm, lets see, when will these pilots be ready for upgrade? My guess is sometime after their interviews with a rival carrier.
Be interesting to see LKH's reaction to the revelation that not only will the latest direct entries fail to stick around (dugh!), but he is now carrying a large inventory of spare F/O's!
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So Krusty, if the shortage of Captains really bites and they have to really reduce services, where will they trim?
Obviously some of their more marginal routes in NSW and Vic, but what about YBTL? It's kind of out on a limb up there. Would they canx their TL - MA and TL - WTN runs (bearing in mind some TL-MA and the TL-WTN runs are QLD Govt contract runs) and bring crews and aircraft back south? Or would that put a dent in the Rex groups ability to operate the mine runs which Pelair do in the Rex aircraft when they're not doing Rex runs?
How soon is it going to be before we see a reduction in scheduled runs like we saw back in 2008/09?
Obviously some of their more marginal routes in NSW and Vic, but what about YBTL? It's kind of out on a limb up there. Would they canx their TL - MA and TL - WTN runs (bearing in mind some TL-MA and the TL-WTN runs are QLD Govt contract runs) and bring crews and aircraft back south? Or would that put a dent in the Rex groups ability to operate the mine runs which Pelair do in the Rex aircraft when they're not doing Rex runs?
How soon is it going to be before we see a reduction in scheduled runs like we saw back in 2008/09?
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How quickly the wheels turn! wasnt it only about two months ago NH was saying that they were not going to hire any more experienced pilots. Good job the picus program is now up & running ;-)
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The staff turn over does not just involve the pilots. Have a look at the Safety / Compliance Department (Human Factors Group or what ever they call it). It appears that there is more people going through that part of the company than there will be boats arriving in australia with the labor governments imigration policy debarcle.
With the regulators push on Safety Management Systems, and the drive to identify latent conditions within an organisation, when will all parties here wake up and see the obvious mess that is unfolding and the potential it has to casue great harm across the Rex group of companies!
With the regulators push on Safety Management Systems, and the drive to identify latent conditions within an organisation, when will all parties here wake up and see the obvious mess that is unfolding and the potential it has to casue great harm across the Rex group of companies!
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First to go will be Charter. I recall on one day alone REX had 7 aircraft flying into a remote location on a mining FIFO. Absoloute "Money for Jam". Crewing these things were difficult, with the majority of crews giving up some annual leave to do it, and requireing some creative reasignment of aircraft. Now of course the situation is completely untenable. Big loss of income, now and into the future.
If REX follow the previous game plan, they'll start slashing less profitable routes first. Taree, Moruya, even Parkes maybe? Usually this will take the form of a reduction initially, but who knows how deep it will ultimately go.
The Williamtown-Ballina service may be stillborn? Williamtown is a class 2 port, so the Check and trainers will have to initiate the service first, and then Check the line Captains All this along with their other duties, notwithstanding that the Check and Training department is a little thinner on the ground these days!
Queensland? Can't see them abandoning the subsidised routes. Keeping them however may require cannabalising some of the Southern services. Can of worms.
Interesting times!
If REX follow the previous game plan, they'll start slashing less profitable routes first. Taree, Moruya, even Parkes maybe? Usually this will take the form of a reduction initially, but who knows how deep it will ultimately go.
The Williamtown-Ballina service may be stillborn? Williamtown is a class 2 port, so the Check and trainers will have to initiate the service first, and then Check the line Captains All this along with their other duties, notwithstanding that the Check and Training department is a little thinner on the ground these days!
Queensland? Can't see them abandoning the subsidised routes. Keeping them however may require cannabalising some of the Southern services. Can of worms.
Interesting times!
drop the Townsville runs you loose 3 maybe 4 captains
Pay rates for safety roles...
Rex is an organisation with 1000 employees and 70 aircraft spread over 4 AOCs, and offering their (specialist aviation) safety management people salaries that are well below market rates... even taking mining out of the market 
Hardest thing about being a safety manager is occasionally you have to threaten to bite the hand that feeds you. I can't see that happening under LKH, can you?
Hardest thing about being a safety manager is occasionally you have to threaten to bite the hand that feeds you. I can't see that happening under LKH, can you?
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.... is occasionally you have to threaten to bite the hand that feeds you. I can't see that happening under LKH, can you?
6 - 8 people in 8 months for the safety dept if I count right, a hand full from crewing and Ops, some managers and obviously pilots. Its amazing, it just never ends, if I were LKH and knew that my managers were driving away great dedicated people, I would be furious, especially if he was actually told the truth, and maybe then he would reduce managers pay and make them "prove" how dedicated they were and only when staff attriction was reduced then they would get a bonus! Maybe I should write that man an email for some insight....
For example, all crewing and Ops people have always reported moving to better working conditions! So that once again that says, management is the problem.... and in that area is the "poisoned dwarf" for those in the know...... another bad apple so to speak.
Also staff have been told to not say anything bad about the new merlo system! Wow, thats a great reporting culture.
HAHA, its a bucket of bolts that doesnt make work efficient. It was implemented because some manager thought they could save more money by getting rid of Geneva and not pay a monthly fee! LOL its going to cost them a hell of alot more to fix merlo. And even more to fix their attitudes! 
Good luck.
