Ok - the question has been asked at least 3 times now.
Is the ALAEA Fed Sec onto this or keeping powder dry ?
This 457 b/s needs to stop:mad:

tech line,

The majority of AMSA workers are here to get PR before they piss off back to asia to get more dollars. They do not care that they are paid $80K whilst they wait for it to happen. OK, some are there because it keeps there family from having to relocate. Now, because AMSA is unable to find any LAMES with 777 or 380 they bring in the fresh sheep from singa's.

We need to hammer this message through to the ALAEA and the pollies. 457's are rotting our careers and erroding everything that is australian in aviation.

stop the rot

So the pay hasn't improved since i did my little chat!!
How do they expect people to live in Sydney or any where in OZ for that kind of money???:ugh:
The likes of VB and QF would be sitting there going well if they can get blokes to work for that then why are we paying this and giving them other perks?
Just because there are a more pilots that want to get a foot up and get into the pointy end of a jet (sure beats a busted up C210) doesn't mean we as engineers are the same.
Plus its not the same you can't come from GA and get a license/rating on a wide body or narrow one for that, it takes time it takes alot to get to really know what you are doing.

What is the latest with EK Sydney now? Has it finally been handed over to AMSA?
Have all the EK engineers found work, or have they been sucked into AMSA?

I believe there are a couple of AME's that went over to AMSA the rest have ended up at JQ.. A couple of the licenced guys are heading to Dubai.. have heard though one guy was lucky to get a start with VS in Sydney.
Getting wind of a rumour though from several sources that Emirates may be a short lived exercise with AMSA :oh:

LAMES on tourist visas finally got caught up with, Singaporeans sent home and now the AMSA Manager is in SYD doing transits, there are some good lads in SYD (a few ex QF EK.....and 2 kiwis) that are now run off their feet due to the ensuing chaos. My heart goes out to those EK boys i hope it all works out for you.

Well that is good news Chimp. About time this low life operator was dealt with.

The big problem is that AMSA hides behind the sick joke that passes as the General Aviation Award. It's legal and AMSA can claim that they pay "above award" rates. :yuk:The ALAEA should HANG ITS HEAD IN SHAME.:mad:
The ALAEA, as I see it, is only interested in the QANTAS engineers and have basically ignored the GA community for years. It astounds me that I have to pay more to have a piece of crap car serviced than what it costs to have a GA aircraft and even what some international airlines are willing to pay to have their multi million dollar aircraft attended to. This race to the bottom has to stop! And CASA wonders why the average age of an LAME is nudging 50...