Qantas to reduce heavy maintenance labour by 60%
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These joints are popping up everywhere usually run by one bloke operating out of his kitchen.
Methinks we will be seeing outfits like this picking up the HM slack and maybe some of our own LM work.
Any news (rumours) on the HM announcement?
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The pictures on there web site could have come from any where on the net means nothing in reality.
Beware if you submit your details as they have sent out e mails before Cc to every address in there address book great if you did not want others to know you were looking.
Beware if you submit your details as they have sent out e mails before Cc to every address in there address book great if you did not want others to know you were looking.
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Readjustment of Power
The Corporate Media’s Attempt to Kill the Occupy Movement
Written by Michael Corcoran and Stephen Maher
This May Day brought the explosive global resurgence of Occupy, one of the most significant social movement in decades. In New York City, the heart of global capitalism and center of the movement, the New York Civil Liberties Union estimated that 30,000 demonstrators took part in a massive rally and march down Broadway, led by a score of city taxicabs. As has become alarmingly common for a country that constantly proclaims its zealous devotion to democracy, the day ended with brutal police violence and arrests.
The visible success of Occupy in creating a space for the voice of the people impelled uncontrolled thousands to pour onto the streets of New York City, Oakland, and elsewhere around the country and across the world on May Day, in the start of what US organizers have called an “American Spring.” Touting its message of class solidarity–”we are the 99 percent” – Occupy has revealed the profoundly undemocratic nature of a democratic consensus expressed by corporate-sponsored political representatives, demanding direct popular involvement in areas of social and political life normally dominated by ruling class power.
The powerful rejuvenation of the Occupy movement, however, was used by the US media – owned by the very same interests that Occupy directly threatens – as an opportunity to finally kill the Occupy movement and marginalize the voices of its participants. Since September, the mainstream press in the US has systematically ignored and demonized the Occupy movement. The nakedness of the class bias in this case, however, was especially jarring: the size and significance of the protests were downplayed, reports of police brutality were largely ignored, and the movement was portrayed as violent and dangerous. Many of the most prominent US news outlets, such as The New York Times, practically ignored the protests altogether. These shameful distortions by the corporate press display the function of the media as an organ of the rule of “the 1 percent,” and reveal how threatened elites are by organized, direct action and democratic participation.
While tens of thousands of activists took to the streets on May Day, the only prominent mention of economic inequality on the homepage of The New York Times web site was titled “A Wealthy Guy’s Case for Inequality,” written by a former associate of Mitt Romney at Bain Capital. The Times, in fact, did not even cover the protests as a national story, instead merely producing a brief and dismissive 400-word article buried in the “Paper of Record’s” Metro section. Predictably, the article focused mostly on the wickedness of the demonstrators, who “snarled traffic and smashed windows.” The Times did see fit to cover May Day protests in Europe in its international section, but here, too, no connection was made to protests of a nearly identical nature and size at home. In other words, since “the march was too big to allow Occupy Wall Street to continue to be reduced to a dog-and-pony show,” as Occupy Handbook editor Janet Byrne said, the Times simply chose to ignore it altogether.
The Washington Post adopted a similar approach, producing just one short story, also exiled to the local section, which likewise took great pains to amplify claims of “reports of violent clashes on the West Coast.” It is telling that while these major national papers were outraged by some broken windows, they ignored the thuggish attacks by the police on both coasts on peacefully assembled human beings.
The Tea Party, a movement which serves rather than threatens corporate interests, has received front-page coverage in virtually all of the nation’s national newspapers for events that were smaller and less significant than this week’s May Day protests. Yet, a truly substantial social movement with genuine emancipatory potential and a broad base of support among Americans is largely considered un-newsworthy by the corporate press. When the demonstrations were covered, crude caricatures masquerading as objective news ruled the day.
Those outlets that bothered to note the nationwide outpouring at all did so mostly to exaggerate reports of vandalism in Seattle (described as acts of “violence” in the mainstream press), portraying a peaceful movement as chaotic and violent. Other examples of May Day coverage had stories gleefully predicting the demise of the Occupy movement. “Occupy Resurgence is a Dud,” announced a Reuters video report that came out early on Tuesday. Occupy, the report declared, “did not have any movement left,” and “lacks one clear message everyday Americans can rally behind.” Interestingly, a tweet from Reuters would later discredit their own report, reporting, “Occupy Wall Street resurgence far from being a dud.” CNN.com, likewise, published an article that labored to explain “Why Occupy May Day fizzled.” The article proclaimed, “Occupy Wall Street movement, with its fuzzy messages and vague goals, is not going to leave a major mark.” The author did not bother to explain how “We are the 99 percent” is a “fuzzy message.”
May Day has long been known in the United States as the working-class holiday which the state refuses to recognize. This May Day, too, President Obama issued a pro forma injunction that we honor “Loyalty Day” by hanging the flag or pledging allegiance to the republic for which it stands. But what might be unexpected by those who take the professed values of that republic seriously is the degree to which our “free press” has followed suit – not to mention the state’s brutally violent response to a genuinely democratic, popular movement seeking to build a more egalitarian, participatory society.
Occupy is arguably at its most critical juncture since the eviction of Zuccotti Park and the effort by the media to portray Occupy as a toothless shell of its former self is not without potential consequences. It is vital that it be understood that the media are not any more neutral in the war being fought on the streets of our cities than are the corporations that own it. Occupiers can expect no favors from the American media, which will continue to serve their corporate owners and not the public at large. This means that the occupiers must expect to struggle mightily for their view of the world – and even their very presence – to break into mainstream political discourse. The narrative that “Occupy is dead” is merely the latest salvo by the 1 percent. We must not let them get away with it.
This post was originally published by Truthout.
- by Truthout
- May 9, 2012
- 7:30 pm
Written by Michael Corcoran and Stephen Maher
This May Day brought the explosive global resurgence of Occupy, one of the most significant social movement in decades. In New York City, the heart of global capitalism and center of the movement, the New York Civil Liberties Union estimated that 30,000 demonstrators took part in a massive rally and march down Broadway, led by a score of city taxicabs. As has become alarmingly common for a country that constantly proclaims its zealous devotion to democracy, the day ended with brutal police violence and arrests.
The visible success of Occupy in creating a space for the voice of the people impelled uncontrolled thousands to pour onto the streets of New York City, Oakland, and elsewhere around the country and across the world on May Day, in the start of what US organizers have called an “American Spring.” Touting its message of class solidarity–”we are the 99 percent” – Occupy has revealed the profoundly undemocratic nature of a democratic consensus expressed by corporate-sponsored political representatives, demanding direct popular involvement in areas of social and political life normally dominated by ruling class power.
The powerful rejuvenation of the Occupy movement, however, was used by the US media – owned by the very same interests that Occupy directly threatens – as an opportunity to finally kill the Occupy movement and marginalize the voices of its participants. Since September, the mainstream press in the US has systematically ignored and demonized the Occupy movement. The nakedness of the class bias in this case, however, was especially jarring: the size and significance of the protests were downplayed, reports of police brutality were largely ignored, and the movement was portrayed as violent and dangerous. Many of the most prominent US news outlets, such as The New York Times, practically ignored the protests altogether. These shameful distortions by the corporate press display the function of the media as an organ of the rule of “the 1 percent,” and reveal how threatened elites are by organized, direct action and democratic participation.
While tens of thousands of activists took to the streets on May Day, the only prominent mention of economic inequality on the homepage of The New York Times web site was titled “A Wealthy Guy’s Case for Inequality,” written by a former associate of Mitt Romney at Bain Capital. The Times, in fact, did not even cover the protests as a national story, instead merely producing a brief and dismissive 400-word article buried in the “Paper of Record’s” Metro section. Predictably, the article focused mostly on the wickedness of the demonstrators, who “snarled traffic and smashed windows.” The Times did see fit to cover May Day protests in Europe in its international section, but here, too, no connection was made to protests of a nearly identical nature and size at home. In other words, since “the march was too big to allow Occupy Wall Street to continue to be reduced to a dog-and-pony show,” as Occupy Handbook editor Janet Byrne said, the Times simply chose to ignore it altogether.
The Washington Post adopted a similar approach, producing just one short story, also exiled to the local section, which likewise took great pains to amplify claims of “reports of violent clashes on the West Coast.” It is telling that while these major national papers were outraged by some broken windows, they ignored the thuggish attacks by the police on both coasts on peacefully assembled human beings.
The Tea Party, a movement which serves rather than threatens corporate interests, has received front-page coverage in virtually all of the nation’s national newspapers for events that were smaller and less significant than this week’s May Day protests. Yet, a truly substantial social movement with genuine emancipatory potential and a broad base of support among Americans is largely considered un-newsworthy by the corporate press. When the demonstrations were covered, crude caricatures masquerading as objective news ruled the day.
Those outlets that bothered to note the nationwide outpouring at all did so mostly to exaggerate reports of vandalism in Seattle (described as acts of “violence” in the mainstream press), portraying a peaceful movement as chaotic and violent. Other examples of May Day coverage had stories gleefully predicting the demise of the Occupy movement. “Occupy Resurgence is a Dud,” announced a Reuters video report that came out early on Tuesday. Occupy, the report declared, “did not have any movement left,” and “lacks one clear message everyday Americans can rally behind.” Interestingly, a tweet from Reuters would later discredit their own report, reporting, “Occupy Wall Street resurgence far from being a dud.” CNN.com, likewise, published an article that labored to explain “Why Occupy May Day fizzled.” The article proclaimed, “Occupy Wall Street movement, with its fuzzy messages and vague goals, is not going to leave a major mark.” The author did not bother to explain how “We are the 99 percent” is a “fuzzy message.”
May Day has long been known in the United States as the working-class holiday which the state refuses to recognize. This May Day, too, President Obama issued a pro forma injunction that we honor “Loyalty Day” by hanging the flag or pledging allegiance to the republic for which it stands. But what might be unexpected by those who take the professed values of that republic seriously is the degree to which our “free press” has followed suit – not to mention the state’s brutally violent response to a genuinely democratic, popular movement seeking to build a more egalitarian, participatory society.
Occupy is arguably at its most critical juncture since the eviction of Zuccotti Park and the effort by the media to portray Occupy as a toothless shell of its former self is not without potential consequences. It is vital that it be understood that the media are not any more neutral in the war being fought on the streets of our cities than are the corporations that own it. Occupiers can expect no favors from the American media, which will continue to serve their corporate owners and not the public at large. This means that the occupiers must expect to struggle mightily for their view of the world – and even their very presence – to break into mainstream political discourse. The narrative that “Occupy is dead” is merely the latest salvo by the 1 percent. We must not let them get away with it.
This post was originally published by Truthout.
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WTF is this ....what are you on....get back to the thread there is a real threat to the "core"work that qf does and these companies are popping up asking who is interested in working for them .....now make no bones about it in the future this is what you will be working for, there will be no Qantas Engineering only a shell company working for Qantas same with all other divisions of Qf ....what can we do about it.....NOTHING unfortunally this is the way they are "moving forward"if you think holding mass meetings holding hands and singing will stop them,well you should be off in the loony bin .......The Rim
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hey rim i agree sitting around singing kum-ba-yah or what ever it is will achieve nothing we are going to be f&&ked over ....bring it on and see whats going to happen because telling the company what is down the road for them is no good as the managers that are in place now wont be there latter.....we all know what they are trying to do to Qantas and the likes of us will not stop it....even the goverment is behind it
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From Geoffrey Thomas Aviation Editor May 16, 2012, 6:33 am
will pay consultancy firm megabucks to do it instead maybe?
May 16, 2012, 6:33 am
700 Qantas engineers to go - The West Australian
Geoffrey Thomas Aviation Editor, The West Australian
700 Qantas engineers to go
At least 700 Qantas engineering staff are expected to lose their jobs over the next three years as part of a major restructure of the airline's maintenance operations.
An announcement - the result of the dramatic reduction in man hours required to maintain modern planes and the moving of more maintenance offshore - was due about the middle of the month and insiders suggest it is imminent.
The airline is expected to close its Tullamarine overhaul centre at Melbourne Airport and consolidate it in Brisbane and shut its Avalon centre, near Geelong, which performs mainly refurbishment work.
The Qantas Group will next year start taking delivery of its fleet of Boeing 787 planes, which require half the maintenance of the planes they will replace - the Boeing 767s.
These planes and other new models, such as the A380 and A330, are now self-diagnostic, slashing hours off the time required to identify problems.
Last year, the airline fought a long-running battle with the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association and pilots and baggage handlers over job security.
After Qantas grounded the airline and forced the disputes to Fair Work Australia, the ALAEA quickly came to a four-year deal with Qantas, accepting a 3 per cent pay increase which was in line with all Qantas staff.
While the deal cemented job security for existing job functions, these are now being reduced because new planes such as the A380 are being maintained overseas by Lufthansa Technik, the world's biggest maintenance provider.
The problem for Qantas is that the A380 fleet of just 14 planes is too small to make onshore maintenance viable because of the high cost of the infrastructure support required.
Many airlines are opting to have their A380s maintained by Lufthansa Technik, which has state-of-the-art facilities for its 600 airline, corporate and government customers around the globe.
ALAEA Federal secretary Steve Purvinas said that the union had been "trying to get a viable solution that would enable the A380s to be maintained onshore".
"Qantas are spending money on facilities offshore that could be spent in Australia." Mr Purvinas said. "Presentations shown to us by Qantas indicate between 700 and 1200 engineer positions will go."
Qantas employs a total of 5000 engineering and support staff.
With Tullamarine and Avalon centres closed, all Qantas heavy maintenance will be performed in Brisbane.
No Perth-based engineers are expected to be affected.
Qantas has been sending maintenance work offshore for decades and it is a standard practice in the industry.
Typically, Qantas uses Luft- hansa, Singapore Airlines or Cathay Pacific Airways facilities
At least 700 Qantas engineering staff are expected to lose their jobs over the next three years as part of a major restructure of the airline's maintenance operations.
An announcement - the result of the dramatic reduction in man hours required to maintain modern planes and the moving of more maintenance offshore - was due about the middle of the month and insiders suggest it is imminent.
The airline is expected to close its Tullamarine overhaul centre at Melbourne Airport and consolidate it in Brisbane and shut its Avalon centre, near Geelong, which performs mainly refurbishment work.
The Qantas Group will next year start taking delivery of its fleet of Boeing 787 planes, which require half the maintenance of the planes they will replace - the Boeing 767s.
These planes and other new models, such as the A380 and A330, are now self-diagnostic, slashing hours off the time required to identify problems.
Last year, the airline fought a long-running battle with the Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association and pilots and baggage handlers over job security.
After Qantas grounded the airline and forced the disputes to Fair Work Australia, the ALAEA quickly came to a four-year deal with Qantas, accepting a 3 per cent pay increase which was in line with all Qantas staff.
While the deal cemented job security for existing job functions, these are now being reduced because new planes such as the A380 are being maintained overseas by Lufthansa Technik, the world's biggest maintenance provider.
The problem for Qantas is that the A380 fleet of just 14 planes is too small to make onshore maintenance viable because of the high cost of the infrastructure support required.
Many airlines are opting to have their A380s maintained by Lufthansa Technik, which has state-of-the-art facilities for its 600 airline, corporate and government customers around the globe.
ALAEA Federal secretary Steve Purvinas said that the union had been "trying to get a viable solution that would enable the A380s to be maintained onshore".
"Qantas are spending money on facilities offshore that could be spent in Australia." Mr Purvinas said. "Presentations shown to us by Qantas indicate between 700 and 1200 engineer positions will go."
Qantas employs a total of 5000 engineering and support staff.
With Tullamarine and Avalon centres closed, all Qantas heavy maintenance will be performed in Brisbane.
No Perth-based engineers are expected to be affected.
Qantas has been sending maintenance work offshore for decades and it is a standard practice in the industry.
Typically, Qantas uses Luft- hansa, Singapore Airlines or Cathay Pacific Airways facilities
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Avalon delivers final pitch to Qantas
When did Avalon Airport Chief executive Justin Giddings decide that he should negotiate on behalf of Qantas and Forstaff employees they don,t even work for him or the company he represents Linfox.
Avalon delivers final pitch to Qantas | Geelong, VIC, Australia
Avalon delivers final pitch to Qantas | Geelong, VIC, Australia
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Exactly that's what the article should say the airport CEO is either making out he is doing much more or the Geelong Advertiser is just not doing its research again in any case cost of Hangar rental at Avalon has never really been bought up as part of this anyway has it ?
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It has been brought up in some sense. Qantas have continually told us a 380 hangar is out of the question because it would cost $105m for one bay and $175m for two.
We got quotes to show they would be $27m and $33m respectively built at Avalon. I don't know but maybe Linfox have said they will build them and give Qf free leasing for 10 years.
We got quotes to show they would be $27m and $33m respectively built at Avalon. I don't know but maybe Linfox have said they will build them and give Qf free leasing for 10 years.
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Avalon delivers final pitch to Qantas | Geelong, VIC, Australia
Spokesman Luke Enright said yesterday the airline remained on track to make an announcement during the next week.
Mr Giddings said the State Government had been active during the negotiations.
"As I understand it, though, what they've done for us they've done for Tullamarine," he said.
Qantas workers remained in the dark yesterday on the likely timing of a Qantas announcement.
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Spokesman Luke Enright said yesterday the airline remained on track to make an announcement during the next week.
Mr Giddings said the State Government had been active during the negotiations.
"As I understand it, though, what they've done for us they've done for Tullamarine," he said.
Qantas workers remained in the dark yesterday on the likely timing of a Qantas announcement.
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