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LWOP, is it really a realistic option with no one hiring? Surely the company know this. Yes, there is more outside aviation but I only know a few who were professionals before flying.
Then again, not all companies will take hires on a LWOP scenario as some require a letter of resignation. Good luck to you all!
Then again, not all companies will take hires on a LWOP scenario as some require a letter of resignation. Good luck to you all!
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I believe Soup Nazi et al are correct, let me put it this way (IMHO):
Cairns: Everyone below the most senior Q300 Captain will be reshuffled ( read: in strict seniority / reverse seniority [as applicable], potential promotions, demotions, re-fleeting and forced base changes ).
"Plus"
Brisbane: everyone below the most senior Q300 Captain who no longer has a line of flying will be re-shuffled ( read: in strict seniority / reverse seniority [as applicable], potential promotions, demotions, re-fleeting and forced base changes ).
So if you are below either of those two points on the seniority list you need to be flexible.
For example: I am 114 on the Sunstate list, presently a Q300 Captain in Cairns, I am well below the most senior Q300 Captain, so I could be demoted, forced to another base etc etc, but not before any Pilot below me on the seniority list. There is also the potential of me dislodging someone in Cairns presently on the Q400, be it Captain or FO who is below me, saying this brings me no joy, but that is the system.
I am pretty sure you can be dislodged from your current position if you are below those pilots, that is why everyone needs to fill out a bid form and EOI.
If you are above those two points on the seniority list, I believe the bidding process in normal.
Happy to be proven wrong on any of the above.
I believe Soup Nazi et al are correct, let me put it this way (IMHO):
Cairns: Everyone below the most senior Q300 Captain will be reshuffled ( read: in strict seniority / reverse seniority [as applicable], potential promotions, demotions, re-fleeting and forced base changes ).
"Plus"
Brisbane: everyone below the most senior Q300 Captain who no longer has a line of flying will be re-shuffled ( read: in strict seniority / reverse seniority [as applicable], potential promotions, demotions, re-fleeting and forced base changes ).
So if you are below either of those two points on the seniority list you need to be flexible.
For example: I am 114 on the Sunstate list, presently a Q300 Captain in Cairns, I am well below the most senior Q300 Captain, so I could be demoted, forced to another base etc etc, but not before any Pilot below me on the seniority list. There is also the potential of me dislodging someone in Cairns presently on the Q400, be it Captain or FO who is below me, saying this brings me no joy, but that is the system.
I am pretty sure you can be dislodged from your current position if you are below those pilots, that is why everyone needs to fill out a bid form and EOI.
If you are above those two points on the seniority list, I believe the bidding process in normal.
Happy to be proven wrong on any of the above.
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First and only warning to the sh!t stirrers.
Black belt won't be back to this thread.
Nor will anyone else who may have designs on hijacking this, or any of the EBA threads.
Nor will anyone else who may have designs on hijacking this, or any of the EBA threads.
My bet would be to take back Olympic Dam from Alliance and add Whyalla then when Olympic Dam expansion finally goes ahead in the next few years and a new airport built quit the 300's and bring back the Q400's.
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Jenny still banging on about reps! Who would have thought? Repeated requests for actual info not just a disguised whinge have been asked here. My guess is you are very low on the seniority list and are still crying "ME! ME! ME!"
Good riddance to wherever you have to move to and enjoy working Christmas day.
Idiot.
Good riddance to wherever you have to move to and enjoy working Christmas day.
Idiot.
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Same whinge over and over again! At least now you can't delete the thread when everyone else disagrees with you.
As I replied to you in an earlier thread (that you deleted) a union is only as strong as it's members. Pilot unions tend to be weak because pilots are piss-weak themselves and your above quote confirms that!
DIVOSH!
Same whinge over and over again! At least now you can't delete the thread when everyone else disagrees with you.
Well said Yadot. I, like most, am only paying Union fees for the Loss of License Cover. What's sad is that the reps think otherwise. Nothing achieved for me over many years.
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Come on guys, do we really want our peers from other airlines who read this thread to think of us like this ?, name calling and insults.
Jenny, nominate for the next vacancy on your council and forge the changes you desire.
Jenny, nominate for the next vacancy on your council and forge the changes you desire.
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With apologies to Josh...
You two clowns keep thinking that. Funny how little respect you both have in BNE and MEL respectfully.
It may come as a shock to you but there are a lot of pilots at a lot of our bases who're going to get some very bad news this week. Some of them come onto this site (and this thread) in the hope of some useful news and possibly some help.
What they don't need are people trying to hijack a thread with unhelpful comments or juvenile rants. So how about you grow up a bit and contribute to the thread in a useful way.
DIVOSH!
P.S. I myself am about to be relocated to Sydney in a few weeks time as a result of the Q300 leaving Melbourne, and I know what these guys are going through.
