AnQrKa: ALR said "Companies dearly love to use the threat or reality of importing pilots from places they come cheaply"

When has this happened. when has JQ or any airline ever threatened to use dodgy overseas labor?

Ans: 1989. Not only did they threaten to use dodgy overseas labour they actually did it.

Only then the labour received higher wages than the locals were on or wanted.

ALR,

“20 odd years ago airlines CEO's backed by the Government fast-tracked pilots”

Are we to fear all past occurrences?

The import of cockpit labor in 1989 occurred following the resignation of almost the entire airline cockpit work force in Australia. This is NOT the case now. It occurred during a period of time when the Government of the day clearly had a reform agenda that is NOT the case now. Were foreign trained crews to arrive on our shores clutching a foreign license and type rating, what on earth gives you the impression that JQ training staff will be strong-armed into giving them an easy ride? JQ would PROBABLY NOT be permitted to import foreign labor en masse to fly Australian registered aircraft on domestic services without the alteration to Australian labor law.

I have added the word probably because none of us can say for certain what COULD occur in the future. You are free to concern yourself with what may happen. I listen to the PA on every flight I pax in Australia to pick out a familiar name. I doubt I will be hearing Captain Anatoli from Uzbekistan welcoming me aboard.

And wasn't it interesting how quickly they were allowed to resit the Air Law exam. Seems CASA can bend the rules when it suits them. :ugh:

Looks like Boston Bruce is really earning his 43% payrise !!


Jetstar to introduce world-first mobile phone check-in developed by 23-year-old Aussie

By Geoff Easdown, Herald Sun
From: NewsCore
September 09, 2010 5:28PM


AUSTRALIAN budget airline Jetstar will next month offer world-first technology which will allow passengers to check in by simply swiping their cell phone under a scanner, the Herald Sun reported today.

Jetstar is introducing the hi-tech system in New Zealand Thursday and at Australian airports next month. It will operate at 18 Australian airports by Christmas.

The system is a triumph for self-taught Melbourne computer guru Aaron Hornlimann, 23, as his system is attracting keen demand from other airlines.
India's four airlines also have signed up with the Melbourne-based computer developer for airport trials beginning in November.
Hornlimann's system goes live in New Zealand Thursday where Jetstar passengers boarding flights at Auckland will be able to claim their boarding passes simply by placing the screen on their cell phone beneath a scanner.
Under the system a boarding pass and unique code are transmitted to any cell phone and passengers need need only to have the SMS message on their phone scanned at a check-in tower before boarding an aircraft.