another superlame,

You said "How about this Chris, invest in a new hangar complex in Sydney? This was to be part of SACLs revamp of the airport."

I have it on very good authority that a tender has been put out to build a 3 x A380 and 3 x 787 capacity hangar over in the space behind the fire station near 16L. The size of the project is enormous (400m x 200m).

I also learned that those ponds beside the road where you go under Southern Cross Drive towards the runway tunnels (behind the VW dealer and the school) are part of a sewage system and contain untreated turds. There is a natural flowing treatment system that takes crap from the city and eastern suburbs and naturally filters it through a series of ponds into Botany Bay.

Anyway, the client is QF and there is a sense of urgency about the project with expected completion of 2016.

The turd system, I'm going to net for mullet. ;)

Silence?
 

It looks like things have gone under the " Cone of Silence"?

CR mentioned at toolbox meeting. 30 mechanical LAME's, 10 structures still to go.

Rumor has it structures to go next week. D check structure rework nearly complete. LAME's to follow. CR's complete by 15 April.

More CR,s how will geelong advertiser spin that into more jobs at Avalon or will they just not report them at all as usual .

How many will be left after the latest round and will there be enough to do the work?
I wonder what the ratio of 457 visa holders is now to pre VR/CR levels?

From G Harris
 

On 21st February 2013 the ALAEA formalised their proposal for a forced leave program amongst LAMEs within Sydney LMO, as a proposed means of obviating compulsory redundancies. We consider that a forced leave program would not obviate the redundancies – it would only delay them.

Notwithstanding the differences of opinion on mitigation, at our meeting with the ALAEA today we agreed to implement a forced leave program for LAMEs in Sydney Line Maintenance.

Detailed information about this program will be provided in the near future.

At this stage we anticipate the forced leave program will commence in mid-April, with a view to leave slots being allocated and taken from 1st July 2013. As a result, the expression of interest for voluntary redundancy will cease in mid-April. We would encourage those who have applied for redeployment to continue this course of action.

I hope it has now provided you with some level of certainty as we go forward. What we all need to do now is focus on being the best at what we do and that is continuing to provide our customers with safe, reliable and efficient aircraft.


Gavin

So the VR cash book closes April. Anyone who was holding out better put their hand up or else run the risk of missing out altogether.

So we are now going to have a forced leave program even though the company believes it won't mitigate the "need' for redundancies? Why agree to something like that then? Looks like they'll get us to burn leave and then say "Nope that didn't work.. sorry.. Redundancies are now back on the table".

Yes that'll give the boys a degree of certainty! On you Gavin! :ugh:

Regardless if the company is correct or incorrect in their assessment of this only delaying the inevitable, they get to save face in the case they are wrong and they get to save face in the case they are right. They also get to burn leave in case they are wrong. In that context it's a win-win or a win-win for the company.

And at least now for the rest of this year there won't be anyone getting tapped in Sydney.

Correct 600, and the guys on the fringe or who knew they were gone have breathing space to look for a job.

Um......how does delaying the prospect of getting a tap on the shoulder "...provide(d) you with some level of certainty..."?

Burn your leave, write down the company debit due leave entitlements,then in October get tapped anyway and receive less or even nothing due liberal in power.

Win,Win,Win

Think practical guys. Nobody in Syd will be pushed out the door. If it delays it your payout will be higher due to wage rises. More importantly it gives us time to secure new work. Two on the horizon are 330 reconfig or Ek contract.

On the other hand the ALAEA and Qf disagree on future manning to cover the existing work. I am tipping that they will be gravely understaffed as you take more leave than normal. This will drive large amounts of overtime and for those who think it is appropriate to retain leave as some sort of retirement booster why not just work some extra hours and put the money in the bank.

55 Lames will no longer be down centrelink because of it.

Redundancy provision in the EA stands unless negotiated out. Start looking for alternate employment.

Well done ALAEA! Hopefully through natural attrition etc there might be zero redundancies. Those people asked to take leave don`t F%^&(^NG whinge about it, you`re helping to save a mates job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A good result fed sec and a lot better than we were looking at a few weeks ago, As one who was on the chopping block THANKS for your effort at pulling out all stops to retain employment for your members

Wasn't this being stated earlier? Those who wanted to do O/T were being shot down for costing people their jobs. Now it's OK to do O/T, because there is no REAL positive outcome, other than a deferral of the inevitable.

Won't there be an excess of engineers as 747's and 767's go out the door?

Now we'll be forced to take leave when it's not really necessary, and an amount the company wants us to take to write off their books.

If this is a win for the engineers, then it is a hollow one.

Fedsec, can a redundant lame with a 2-300k handshake report to centrelink for benefits? just asking.

Have to agree with you there QF94.. I'm a little perplexed about this myself..


I was thinking the same thing..

So hollow the echoes are still reverberating.. Whilst Nasty Stain and his cohorts are still running the show I don't see how we can move forward and rebuild the business..