When is the next cull at QF Engineering?
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When does the Avalon review conclude.
I assume the whole things a farce.
Love the way QF control the media eg 300 Qantas employe's mentioned in media when fishing for Goverment handout. Which soon becomes 240 Forstaff contractor's and a small number of QF employee's who will be offered relocation once they decide to close it down.
Good luck to all
I assume the whole things a farce.
Love the way QF control the media eg 300 Qantas employe's mentioned in media when fishing for Goverment handout. Which soon becomes 240 Forstaff contractor's and a small number of QF employee's who will be offered relocation once they decide to close it down.
Good luck to all
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Noticed an Ad yesterday for Airbus / 787 qualified LAME's by Jetstar for MEL based position's.
It looks like the plan is to downsize QF MEL to allow up scaling of Jstar. What option does a bloke have if he needs a job ?
It looks like the plan is to downsize QF MEL to allow up scaling of Jstar. What option does a bloke have if he needs a job ?
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I believe leave is being made compulsory over the Christmas period this year and heard a whisper of WHITE SPACE for over three months next year. Any truth and what do employees do then?
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Whats the problem in closing Avalon if the work is no longer req'd? That's the risk of being a contractor.. also don't forget all the fulltime Syd QF employees that lost their jobs to the contractors in 06. Nothing against the contractors at all or Avalon but lets look at the big picture here. The big wheel keeps on turning.
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So what if the ALAEA helped set it up? You should be grateful you've had work for 10+ years at the expense of all the SYD crew that lost their jobs. It sucks they are closing the place but you have to cop it on the chin.
Forstaff are contractors, Chandler McLeod have a CONTRACT to provide man power/labour to QANTAS. No more work, no more contract no more Jethro.
I suspect a lot of people at AVV have been resting on their butts, not developing them selves etc. Oh, i forgot thats someone else's problem. Well you are about to find out its very much YOUR problem. Get over it, move on. Life sucks sometimes.
Forstaff are contractors, Chandler McLeod have a CONTRACT to provide man power/labour to QANTAS. No more work, no more contract no more Jethro.
I suspect a lot of people at AVV have been resting on their butts, not developing them selves etc. Oh, i forgot thats someone else's problem. Well you are about to find out its very much YOUR problem. Get over it, move on. Life sucks sometimes.
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Jethro Jethro Jethro...... you would know as well as the rest of us, it was the previous ALAEA executive of company men that helped set up Avalon. But don't let the facts get in the way.
We were told way back in the late 90s when they set up Avalon, that it was for overflow only and would not take work from Sydney heavy. That was a lie on managements part. That lie was to the detriment of those in Sydney and to the benefit of those in Avalon.
I don't like to see people lose their jobs. You guys in Avalon are being treated pretty poorly by management. 12 months ago the real uncertainty started and they are pushing it even further with their farcical review.
But as a Forstaff guy said to me last year when explaining how he thought he would be there for just 18 months but ended up staying 13 years...."not a bad run for an overflow facility"
We were told way back in the late 90s when they set up Avalon, that it was for overflow only and would not take work from Sydney heavy. That was a lie on managements part. That lie was to the detriment of those in Sydney and to the benefit of those in Avalon.
I don't like to see people lose their jobs. You guys in Avalon are being treated pretty poorly by management. 12 months ago the real uncertainty started and they are pushing it even further with their farcical review.
But as a Forstaff guy said to me last year when explaining how he thought he would be there for just 18 months but ended up staying 13 years...."not a bad run for an overflow facility"
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Forstaff people are part of QF when the the company is trying to screw Federal or State funding. When no funding comes thru and the redundancy announcement is made things change. The statement will continuously refer to contractors being let go and a small group of QF people who will be offered redeployment. Look at the press statements before and after the last round of redundancies.
Many people believe the secret to Avalon's success and continuation was to eat whatever shiiit sandwich they were given. Some people moved on and others decided to just keep low,confident things would roll on. Bottom line is Texas Tony is only interested in short term cost cutting for his bonus, he isn't interested in how we'll behaved you were or how many planes you produced during the last EBA. This fact has been a bitter pill to swallow for some at AVA.
Many people believe the secret to Avalon's success and continuation was to eat whatever shiiit sandwich they were given. Some people moved on and others decided to just keep low,confident things would roll on. Bottom line is Texas Tony is only interested in short term cost cutting for his bonus, he isn't interested in how we'll behaved you were or how many planes you produced during the last EBA. This fact has been a bitter pill to swallow for some at AVA.
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I think the biggest problem here is some Forstaff employees don't realise that QANTAS outsourced Syd heavy work to Forstaff and you may be fulltime Forstaff employees but you are contractors to Qf.. take a step back, look at the big picture.
As previously stated, nothing against Forstaff employees, or Avalon personally, but 400 fulltime Qf Syd employees were sacked and work transferred down to Avalon, so its a bit rich for you guys to start hatred towards Qf when the same happens to you. What goes around comes around. It was only going to be around as long as the 747 and 767.
As previously stated, nothing against Forstaff employees, or Avalon personally, but 400 fulltime Qf Syd employees were sacked and work transferred down to Avalon, so its a bit rich for you guys to start hatred towards Qf when the same happens to you. What goes around comes around. It was only going to be around as long as the 747 and 767.