Qantas to reduce heavy maintenance labour by 60%
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Proactive?
I hope you replaced the frame on both sides, big mistake tearing all the cockpit and structure down to do one side only then some 12 months later have the other side crack.
Other operator now only doing double frame replacements
Other operator now only doing double frame replacements
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Originally Posted by Nudlaug
You mean being proactive? Are you crazy? This is Qantas 2012 under Joyce, they wouldn't look past the next 7 days :-P
To even suggest that the 'Roo has a 7 day forward plan is to signal to the world that you have no idea how management at the 'Roo works
!It's more like this ..............
Day 1 ........
See dry leaves
Day 2........
Notice leaf pile has increased in size and weather is getting warmer
Day 3.......
Notice weather is hotter and winds are increasing
Day 4.......
Notice known fire-bug in area
Day 5........
See known fire-bug playing with matches
Day 6.......
See small amount of smoke
Day 7.......
See large amount of smoke
Day 8.......
See small grass-fire
Day 9.........
See small bushfire
Day 10.......
See large bush-fire
Day 11.........
See catastrophic bush-fire
Day 12.........
OMG !!
Why weren't we warned ?
Look what the bl@@dy unions have done to us !
Look what the government has done to us !
Look what our competitors have done to us !
Look what the oil companies have done to us !
Look what the $A has done to us !
Look what the tourist market has done to us !
Days 13 - 19.........
Run around in circles repeating cries of day 12
Day 20.........
Send Liv in to face the press and reassure financial markets that all is well
Day 21.........
Make 50% of the troops redundant and send the remaining in to fight the fire
Day 22.........
Criticise the troops for taking so long to bring the fire under control
Day 23........
Bask in glory for having controlled the fire !
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After seeing my '2nd Thread' moved maybe the moderators know more than me regarding the redundancies.I believe that some Line LAME's from outside the affected areas(Mel-Bne-Syd-Adl) asked for figures to investigate the possibility of applying should there be a shortage of applications.I have been told that they were all refused.Maybe QF think they will get more than enough!!!
As to wether Heavy Maint LAMEs(When and if they are announced) will be able to swap with Line Maint should the need arise any ideas?
As to wether Heavy Maint LAMEs(When and if they are announced) will be able to swap with Line Maint should the need arise any ideas?
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I have heard a few rumbles that the current round of lay-offs are chicken feed.
When MoD comes into full swing some management have described the amount to go as a bloodbath.
This can't be good.
When MoD comes into full swing some management have described the amount to go as a bloodbath.
This can't be good.
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alaea is talking to the company jethro regarding the carnage. LAME numbers fell short of that required. AM/AMEs overdone. I am sure that the alaea will push hard to see other ports included in the VR process. Whether they can force their hand or not is another question.
can we stop calling it MOD please ? it is just another biz speak euphemism to try and alter the fact of the matter being LESS maintenance on demand and lower safety standards.
can we stop calling it MOD please ? it is just another biz speak euphemism to try and alter the fact of the matter being LESS maintenance on demand and lower safety standards.
The maintenance review Team or whatever they are called visited Avalon last week well not exactly they stayed in a Geelong Hotel and never set foot on Avalon .
Enough to satisfy the requirements of the Qantas Sale Act. The only things that would influence the decision making process now is how much money can be extracted out of state governments to keep jobs from going overseas some more. Sorry, I meant, keep the remaining jobs onshore, as Alan keeps telling us, the jobs are gone, not outsourced but gone. Big difference.
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Are you sure ? That would imply somewhat that they haven't made a decision
yet
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When MoD comes into full swing some management have described the amount to go as a bloodbath
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In the next six months QE is having "The Mother of all reorganisations"
1) Melbourne Heavy Maintenance to close
2) Melbourne Maintenance Scheduling to move to Sydney
3) Melbourne Maintenance Watch to move to Sydney
4) All supply / Engineering (degree engineers) / support to move to Sydney
5) Anyone else in "The White House" to be cleaned out
6) Redundancies (Round 1)
7) Marlin / Maintenix to replace Cameo
As far as I can see, each and every one of these, if it is to be attempted at all, should be done in complete isolation of the others.
All of these functions are Mission Critical, failure of any one of these could have catastrophic results for QE, and hence Qantas itself.
These, each and every one, are CORE FUNCTIONS of having an aircraft at the gate serviceable and ready to depart on-time.
Even with my rapidly fading eyesight I can see MANY unexpected hiccups along the way.
I believe, that with just the tiniest bit of common sense, when the wheel nuts are found to be loose and the wheels are wobbling off of the wagon, management will have no choice but to "defer" the implementation of MOD.
ST
(Best I say no more, but I am very reliably informed that a few people have already noticed a couple of wheel nuts loosing off even at this early stage.)
1) Melbourne Heavy Maintenance to close
2) Melbourne Maintenance Scheduling to move to Sydney
3) Melbourne Maintenance Watch to move to Sydney
4) All supply / Engineering (degree engineers) / support to move to Sydney
5) Anyone else in "The White House" to be cleaned out
6) Redundancies (Round 1)
7) Marlin / Maintenix to replace Cameo
As far as I can see, each and every one of these, if it is to be attempted at all, should be done in complete isolation of the others.
All of these functions are Mission Critical, failure of any one of these could have catastrophic results for QE, and hence Qantas itself.
These, each and every one, are CORE FUNCTIONS of having an aircraft at the gate serviceable and ready to depart on-time.
Even with my rapidly fading eyesight I can see MANY unexpected hiccups along the way.
I believe, that with just the tiniest bit of common sense, when the wheel nuts are found to be loose and the wheels are wobbling off of the wagon, management will have no choice but to "defer" the implementation of MOD.
ST
(Best I say no more, but I am very reliably informed that a few people have already noticed a couple of wheel nuts loosing off even at this early stage.)
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Maintenix on its own will cause a bloodbath. At the moment is only serves 12 aircraft and it struggles with those 12.
When it goes fleet wide, the network will come to a grinding halt through no fault of the maintenance staff. The system is cumbersome.
When it goes fleet wide, the network will come to a grinding halt through no fault of the maintenance staff. The system is cumbersome.