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Inefficiency compounded by no ZK/VH aircraft cross-crewing by Jetconnect crews. One or the other depending on whether they’ve ticked those boxes for CASA :rolleyes: |
Low Pass wrote : [/QUOTE]Sorry to sound facetious, but , really. Reminds me of the chorus from one of Midnight Oils hits : Well PB/ Virgin NZ and AirNZ have full protection of the NZ based flying. I dunno but maybe JC union should have secured that years ago |
Originally Posted by Keg
(Post 10222108)
I heard a rumour that Jetconnect pilots aren’t flying too many hours at the moment and with increased A330 services on the Tasman there’s lots on inefficient patterns and lots of paxing? Anyone confirm? |
Originally Posted by Keg
(Post 10222108)
I heard a rumour that Jetconnect pilots aren’t flying too many hours at the moment and with increased A330 services on the Tasman there’s lots on inefficient patterns and lots of paxing? Anyone confirm? |
So how long until jetconnect crew are doing more than just the tasman? |
At least until they comply with Australian workplace law. They may be permitted to operate domestically within Australia under CASA regs but I suspect the FWC would take a very dim view of them operating domestically whilst on different terms and conditions to that which applies to Australian crew. Of course were they to be subject to the Qantas SH EA then there’d be no restrictions on them operating domestically. I’m sure the JC crew would love the pay rise and better conditions. Of course there’d be knock on effects that they may not like also. |
Originally Posted by Captain Fun
(Post 10222974)
So how long until jetconnect crew are doing more than just the tasman? The AIPA should be looking at the Jetstar model. Both the Australian and the New Zealand operations are run on the same AOC, but with 2 seperate EBAs, as the QF mainline and Jetconnect operation will run. JQ New Zealand tech crew cannot operate domestically in Australia. Australian Pilots can operate on the Tasman and domestically in New Zealand. Some New Zealand Pilots flew in Australia as part of their command upgrade training a little while ago, however they had to be temporarily employed on the JQ Aus EBA. I believe that this caused more trouble than it was worth for the company and that the training captains are now sent to NZ instead. If the Jetstar unions can protect Aus domestic flying, surely the AIPA can protect QANTAS’. |
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Originally Posted by bobbelmore
(Post 9990514)
How about circa 1965-66? They were called "instant captains". Most of them were a disaster. Some of them didn't make it to captain and became permanent F/Os and some left the company to get a job as captain elsewhere.
Seniority is not a really good way to select who gets promoted but it sure as hell beats all the other alternatives. As for the "theory" that created the "need" ( it was not a pilot shortage or lack of experienced F/Os) -- the less said the better. At least it resulted in a revolution in Flight Training, a complete turnover of "management". Tootle pip!! PS: Prior to "seniority" in the old QF, promotion was determined by "which Squadron/Ship/Golf Club/Sailing Club" was on your CV. |
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