Jetstar EBA 2019
It's a very small thing that's easily fixed. For many people this eba is about respect just as much as pay. JQ pilots contribute so much to the group and yet are treated as second class citizens. Do you consider yourself an inferior pilot because you work at JQ? Because that's how QF management see you. Are you happy for that to continue? I feel like the younger generation of crew are no longer willing to tolerate the lack of respect.
You say you wish people's would let go of start duty travel.. Have you considered that just because you don't care about it, others might do? There is no reason for it not to be looked at in line with everything else.
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With the AFAP suffering a poitical " Rudder Hardover " overnight and the main protaganist for this " In principal " agreement being deposed, you would have to wonder if a mandate to even present this rubbish to the pilot group still exists.
I would think not.
Coms yet to come out but about as embarrasing as it gets for that organisation and those who cobbled this mess together.
MCD
I would think not.
Coms yet to come out but about as embarrasing as it gets for that organisation and those who cobbled this mess together.
MCD
With the AFAP suffering a poitical " Rudder Hardover " overnight and the main protaganist for this " In principal " agreement being deposed, you would have to wonder if a mandate to even present this rubbish to the pilot group still exists.
I would think not.
Coms yet to come out but about as embarrasing as it gets for that organisation and those who cobbled this mess together.
MCD
I would think not.
Coms yet to come out but about as embarrasing as it gets for that organisation and those who cobbled this mess together.
MCD
Duty travel is important, you do get sick of getting told the flight is oversold and to come back at checkin close to be presented with 26B for your 4 hour paxing flight to operate back. Staff Travel not a concern because we all know the pitfalls of that, but if the Company want me to go somewhere for work the least they could do is allow me to have access to seat select when forced to use the app to check in instead of being made to feel I should be great full for getting any seat. I do NOT expect confirmed Business but would like a confirmed selectable seat on the plane.
Duty travel is important, you do get sick of getting told the flight is oversold and to come back at checkin close to be presented with 26B for your 4 hour paxing flight to operate back. Staff Travel not a concern because we all know the pitfalls of that, but if the Company want me to go somewhere for work the least they could do is allow me to have access to seat select when forced to use the app to check in instead of being made to feel I should be great full for getting any seat. I do NOT expect confirmed Business but would like a confirmed selectable seat on the plane.
In respect to duty travel, Personally, if the aircraft has a business seat and im paxing on duty, I expect to be in it. Not down the back. If it's an all economy aircraft, then a extra leg / exit row seat that's an aisle or window with the seat next to me to be the last assigned on the aircraft is what I expect. It comes down to the company respecting the position I hold. (I think that's what's in the QF short haul eba or something similar). Why is JQ different? QF pilots get treated better on jq metal then JQ pilots. Why? It's simply disrespectful and not good enough.
Where is the open time system that was promised?
75 hours for EFA, ha get stuffed. JQ wonders why sick leave is so high...
Carers lines?
Had a crew meal on an international sector recently? You wouldn't feed it to your dog. Actually, dogs are treated better than the staff at jetstar.
late finishes and early starts between days off.
Let's not even talk about the hotel and transport situation of late.
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Absolutely hear what your saying and the great thing about all of this debate is we ask important questions of our employers and our reps. Whilst I agree staff travel has become somewhat useless, as far as I'm concerned if you are employed in the group, you should get the same staff travel. Shouldn't matter if you are mainline, link, one star or.. bin chicken
In respect to duty travel, Personally, if the aircraft has a business seat and im paxing on duty, I expect to be in it. Not down the back. If it's an all economy aircraft, then a extra leg / exit row seat that's an aisle or window with the seat next to me to be the last assigned on the aircraft is what I expect. It comes down to the company respecting the position I hold. (I think that's what's in the QF short haul eba or something similar). Why is JQ different? QF pilots get treated better on jq metal then JQ pilots. Why? It's simply disrespectful and not good enough.
Where is the open time system that was promised?
75 hours for EFA, ha get stuffed. JQ wonders why sick leave is so high...
Carers lines?
Had a crew meal on an international sector recently? You wouldn't feed it to your dog. Actually, dogs are treated better than the staff at jetstar.
late finishes and early starts between days off.
Let's not even talk about the hotel and transport situation of late.
In respect to duty travel, Personally, if the aircraft has a business seat and im paxing on duty, I expect to be in it. Not down the back. If it's an all economy aircraft, then a extra leg / exit row seat that's an aisle or window with the seat next to me to be the last assigned on the aircraft is what I expect. It comes down to the company respecting the position I hold. (I think that's what's in the QF short haul eba or something similar). Why is JQ different? QF pilots get treated better on jq metal then JQ pilots. Why? It's simply disrespectful and not good enough.
Where is the open time system that was promised?
75 hours for EFA, ha get stuffed. JQ wonders why sick leave is so high...
Carers lines?
Had a crew meal on an international sector recently? You wouldn't feed it to your dog. Actually, dogs are treated better than the staff at jetstar.
late finishes and early starts between days off.
Let's not even talk about the hotel and transport situation of late.
Absolutely hear what your saying and the great thing about all of this debate is we ask important questions of our employers and our reps. Whilst I agree staff travel has become somewhat useless, as far as I'm concerned if you are employed in the group, you should get the same staff travel. Shouldn't matter if you are mainline, link, one star or.. bin chicken
In respect to duty travel, Personally, if the aircraft has a business seat and im paxing on duty, I expect to be in it. Not down the back. If it's an all economy aircraft, then a extra leg / exit row seat that's an aisle or window with the seat next to me to be the last assigned on the aircraft is what I expect. It comes down to the company respecting the position I hold. (I think that's what's in the QF short haul eba or something similar). Why is JQ different? QF pilots get treated better on jq metal then JQ pilots. Why? It's simply disrespectful and not good enough.
Where is the open time system that was promised?
75 hours for EFA, ha get stuffed. JQ wonders why sick leave is so high...
Carers lines?
Had a crew meal on an international sector recently? You wouldn't feed it to your dog. Actually, dogs are treated better than the staff at jetstar.
late finishes and early starts between days off.
Let's not even talk about the hotel and transport situation of late.
In respect to duty travel, Personally, if the aircraft has a business seat and im paxing on duty, I expect to be in it. Not down the back. If it's an all economy aircraft, then a extra leg / exit row seat that's an aisle or window with the seat next to me to be the last assigned on the aircraft is what I expect. It comes down to the company respecting the position I hold. (I think that's what's in the QF short haul eba or something similar). Why is JQ different? QF pilots get treated better on jq metal then JQ pilots. Why? It's simply disrespectful and not good enough.
Where is the open time system that was promised?
75 hours for EFA, ha get stuffed. JQ wonders why sick leave is so high...
Carers lines?
Had a crew meal on an international sector recently? You wouldn't feed it to your dog. Actually, dogs are treated better than the staff at jetstar.
late finishes and early starts between days off.
Let's not even talk about the hotel and transport situation of late.
As I was once told after a rant - it’s not what you deserve, but what you negotiate. Everything in the QF award has been fought for and negotiated. The good and the bad.
Keep fighting.
All I can say is when the time comes, attend the EBA meetings, voice your concerns, email the reps your concerns. Make sure everyone is involved and get consensus for what the pilot body wants and maintain those demands, and don't make stupid ambit claims that the Joyces of this world can push to the media to make out you are overpaid bus drivers wanting things the average punter would scorn at. The more united the pilot body is, the easier it is to go to PIA to push demands, start arguing internally during the negotiation phase and you might as well give up, blaming the reps, union, etc is arguing among yourselves. You want your demands simple, straight forward and acceptable to the majority. As said above you don't get what you deserve or what is right for the sake of it, you get what you negotiate at the table.
If it's clear the union is not working in your combined interest you need to voice that concern to the union, enmasse.
If it's clear the union is not working in your combined interest you need to voice that concern to the union, enmasse.
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Geese, they really are gaslighting the rank and file with their rubbish. Predicating pay rises on working into days off, when you have a number of bases that have a curfew. They really have no idea. Step away if your tired and it’s taken a toll on your family lives and let PROFESSIONALS do the negotiations hey. This is beyond a joke now.
Geese, the feds really are gaslighting the rank and file with their rubbish. Predicating pay rises on working into days off, when you have a number of bases that have a curfew. They really have no idea. Step away if your tired and it’s taken a toll on your family lives and let PROFESSIONALS do the negotiations hey. This is beyond a joke now.
love your optimism. Hope you are correct. I can't think of what though...?Put a really **** deal out to the pilot group so it gets heavily voted down to send a message. Why?
I always figured JQ staff were the pawns to be sacrificed at every opportunity.
#passionatelyorange
Re duty travel - from my experience at VA - when we gained what we have which (don't hold me to it exactly) it's window or aisle economy X - upgradable to business class on space available. If we don't get window or aisle Econ X then we get half paxing credit. TBH I wasn't that fussed about this coming in and like comments above I was largely focused on overall $. However personal experience it was absolutely dramatic the change in our social standing amongst colleagues when this came in. Overnight it seemed we were treated with so much more respect at the gate and on board.
Good luck over the fence.
Good luck over the fence.
Predicating pay rises on working into days off, when you have a number of bases that have a curfew. They really have no idea.
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The Perth base was closed during the Covid opportunity and government cash grab. Those who were left to commute are a big part of the AFAP negotiating team. So no surprises that they are making a big deal out of the additional highline payments for ODTA. As there is so much Perth flying to be covered they get a higher payment for being at home. In return they have agreed to give away a guaranteed payment for all pilots that covered required courseware on the Ipad. Hence my paraphrase.