John Holland Aviation announcement
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I started at JHAS back in 2007 not long after it opened shop. As one of the "workers on the so called coal face" I can say first handedly that the team of guys we had working on these aircraft were some of the best engineers in the country. Spending some 5 years in the heavy maintenance division, our work output and quality was superb with our turn times bettering our direct competition. It was most enjoyable turning up every day to see what new challenges were on for the day. But no matter how hard we worked on the floor it still wasn't good enough for the management, and the contracts just kept getting tighter and tighter.
Obviously there is no place for heavy maintenance in Australia no more. But thanks to incompetent management it just amplified what was a doomed business. The potential was great.
By October 2012 when I decided to pull up stumps the writing had been on the walls for a long while. The hangar was a quiet decolat place... The spirit had left
I feel for the remaining guys left holding the bag... RIP JHAS
Obviously there is no place for heavy maintenance in Australia no more. But thanks to incompetent management it just amplified what was a doomed business. The potential was great.
By October 2012 when I decided to pull up stumps the writing had been on the walls for a long while. The hangar was a quiet decolat place... The spirit had left
I feel for the remaining guys left holding the bag... RIP JHAS
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Originally Posted by Sunfish
Romulus, are you thinking what I'm thinking? What chance of a turnaround?
I may not be right in my approach but I'd be giving it a hell of a shake.
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Originally Posted by CF6JETBLAST
RB according to the announcement it is still up for sale.
Think back 7 years when some smooth guy would walk the hangar floor and say G'day to everyone
Think back 7 years when some smooth guy would walk the hangar floor and say G'day to everyone
And I wish that bugger was as good with Corporate as he seemed to be with people who actually do the work. It's an ongoing story, termination for any number of reasons following a period of time actually talking to the workforce. Senior mgt don't like being told certain things in a rather direct fashion so that smooth guy seems to have racked up more than a few "exit interviews"...
Wonder who it will be next?
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Senior mgt don't like being told certain things in a rather direct fashion.
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Rumour around Melbourne last few days was that JHAS have given notice to their customers they'll cease all operations in 60 days. So, I'd say that puts it at about June 1.
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quote:According to an engineer - 3 weeks left: business is wound up and all gone.
Hmm. Not the case if you care to look at JHG's asset base..There appears to be "NO" intention to sell. "Long term leases" !!.
It appears that all maintenance providing will be wound up before the end of the financial year....Move the goal posts for those who are still there (admin, quality etc etc).
With the Airports Development plans proceding as fast as they are 2 players need this spot..
Hmm. Not the case if you care to look at JHG's asset base..There appears to be "NO" intention to sell. "Long term leases" !!.
It appears that all maintenance providing will be wound up before the end of the financial year....Move the goal posts for those who are still there (admin, quality etc etc).
With the Airports Development plans proceding as fast as they are 2 players need this spot..
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Jhas is due to wind up at the end of May with the transition to the Little Group on the 1st of June.
Some JHAS jobs may be saved with the sale of the Components BU and the FTM BU but still no deals finalised, and none on offer with the Little Group. The only ones who have a hope with the Little Group are the facilities guys.
Virgin have rejected all applications from anyone at JHAS with the exception of a few that got interviews for AME positions. One was a 330 LAME.
In other news Virgin are taking their 330 A Checks to Singapore. First one scheduled on the 26th. We will have to wait and see how long it is, if ever, before they bring them back....
Where is the noise from our Brotherhood ?
Some JHAS jobs may be saved with the sale of the Components BU and the FTM BU but still no deals finalised, and none on offer with the Little Group. The only ones who have a hope with the Little Group are the facilities guys.
Virgin have rejected all applications from anyone at JHAS with the exception of a few that got interviews for AME positions. One was a 330 LAME.
In other news Virgin are taking their 330 A Checks to Singapore. First one scheduled on the 26th. We will have to wait and see how long it is, if ever, before they bring them back....
Where is the noise from our Brotherhood ?
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Geez that is ****ty news.
Strange decision by VA to send them all the way across for A checks, guess at the end of the day they couldn't make any other solution work in the short term - especially if they have closed the books on the JHAS employees (and if JHAS are playing silly buggers regarding the facilities and tooling/GSE).
There are probably managers on both sides of the fence beating their chests and trying to come out on top - at the end of the day it's the poor guys on the hangar floor that get the pineapple.
Strange decision by VA to send them all the way across for A checks, guess at the end of the day they couldn't make any other solution work in the short term - especially if they have closed the books on the JHAS employees (and if JHAS are playing silly buggers regarding the facilities and tooling/GSE).
There are probably managers on both sides of the fence beating their chests and trying to come out on top - at the end of the day it's the poor guys on the hangar floor that get the pineapple.