Probably a silly question but can you join the union online?

you can email the FAAA at [email protected] and they will send you all the relevant applcation forms and credit card deduection authorities etc

Thanks. I was one of the "bad ones" for not joining when i first started with QCCA. I will email them for the info.

pegasus your explanation is very clear.

Maybe you should have a word to your mates in the FAAA communication centre to think about the wording next time.

However you have stated the situation very clearly.

So basically what you are saying is that the "terminator" is marking his terretory just like a dog does........by p!ss!ing on everything and everyone:ouch:

CarteX
 

You sure are easily offended.
The Teminator has taken over Tarantula's job.
A perfect example of someone who is totally incompetent and gets promoted .

i know that crew are subject to a drugs and alcohol policy. just wondering if managers can also be tested. a certain person in QCC comes to mind

cartexchange
 

cartexchange, you profess you support the FAAA, say that MM does a good job etc , but every one of your posts is anti FAAA :-

eg references to the "goon squad"

comments that MM hasn't flown for 8 years etc... where do you get this crap from? Everyone knows MM hasn't flown whilst he has headed the FAAA ie the last four years.

And that is entirely appropriate because the FAAA has to be managed, the staff managed and industrial issues dealt with.

You seem to think it is some sort of part time hobby...... and you think the best EBA in our history occurred by accident.

It occurred because MM is professional and so are the other senior people in the FAAA.

pERHAPS MM should treat 3500 peoples livelihoods as a hobby, and come in for a few days at the FAAA in a roster, and then you will be the first one shrieking why our conditions are being destroyed etc etc

You forget prior to MM, what the situation was like when previous heads of the FAAA had no idea.

So don't pretend you support the FAAA when every one of your posts is carping and critical of the FAAA.

What is clear to me and to most people i speak to, is that they are glad we have people like MM and SR leading the FAAA.

Where would we be now if we had listened to the loonies amongst us??

The flying would have gone to Short Haul or overseas and we would have gone out the door.

So cartexchange if you think you can do better, you run against MM next time in 2012. I'm sure you will get the same support that Paul Saliba did.

To MM i say, keep on doing what you are doing and that is, getting the runs on the board. Disregard elements like cartexchange who can't even understand a newsletter from the FAAA asking for unity and trying to prevent people getting dismissed.

There is an old saying .. "empty vessels make the most noise" and cartexchange is an example of this.

Well I say good luck to the QCCA guys if they are getting good rosters. I know my rosters have improved dramatically! I have seen a few QCCA crew get things that I have bidded for though, but then again I have always been out-bidded by people junior to me :} probably just the way I bid,this girl doesnt get computers :confused: Is there a manual on how to bid? Never did anything but a standing bid before as I was in the bottom 20. was never taught how to bid in training etiher.

does anyone know if its true we are moving to the airport Regal in HKG? One of the managers on QCC1 told me this last week. I didn't think the FAAA allowed us to stay at airport hotels :confused: Its gunna be a long trek into the city,especially given the short slips we have there now :eek:

ahhhh well at least one thing doesn't change and that is Eden and his attacks on me! keep them coming at least there is one consistency.

Anyway the FAAA is a great organisation and invaluable to our conditions, so don't twist my words Eden.

BFA or not BFA
 

so far from what i have seen economy FA's in mel and syd are far better off than BFA's when it comes to the "quality and variety" of their rosters.

Seen?
 

So how many rosters have you "seen".
To make a statement like that you must have "seen" hundreds.
Highly unlikely.
Go stir the pot somewhere else.

Hmmmm, after reading some of this thread quickly, I wonder if you guys are being deliberately set up to fight amongst yourselves? Some people in QF apparently have a habit of using PPrune to foment Fear Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) amongst their next target.

I am not and never have been CC, but I am well aware of the passions that bids and rosters can generate, the subtle nuances of pecking order, and the angst perceived preferential treatment can cause (never did get one of those freebies to Hawaii for the weekend, but then I'm an ugly old codger).

Pitting QCCA staff against LHCC seems to me to be a good QF tactic in the lead up to any industrial negotiations, since it will weaken peoples resolve. Just read the engineers EBA thread if you have the time. Or maybe its just narcissistic QF management dealing out a little pain because they like to since it makes them feel good.

I haven't worked out who is trolling here, I'll leave that to you, but the opening post of the thread itself is suspect: "Gee what I wonderful roster I've got, and I'm only QCCA". To me, that is calculated to be a red rag to a bull.

Some of you might like to think about this a little, would I be right in thinking that LHCC are obviously targeted for removal and substitution by QCCA? If so, and QF does nothing to defuse the friction generated by this roster business, you can bet they want it to continue and intensify.

Sunfish is right on the money and it is something that I have said for a long time....

There are a number of people who post here who are using this forum as a political tool.There is no point in naming these people but if you look at their posts it is fairly clear who or where they are...

These people are most probably not crew and have an agenda that is at odds with what crew are trying to achieve...

If you take the bait you are giving them exactly what they want...

Taking the Bait
 

The next LHCC EBA is 5 years away.
In the interim I will continue to do what I have always done:My Job Well.
The trolls can stir all they like.....it means nothing to me.
I dont care which room in a hotel Im allocated.
After 25 years I am finally getting reasonable rosters and if I dont I beg borrow steal and swap until the roster has a semblance of what is acceptable.
All this peripheral sniping is water off a ducks back.
Life is good ...at least for another 5 years and after that well we'll see.
No hurry... all in good time...I will leave when I'm ready.
I just keep my head below the radar.
BTW I will outlive Dixon.
He will leave Qantas before I do
He will leave this life before I do...Kharma sorts out people like Old Scrotum Face....he already has a dodgy ticker.
The Dame has one....Scrotum Face is one(an oldie but a goodie)

Blustrode... great post...just puts it all in context :)

Lower planned hours
 

Hi guys

With the new roster for QCCA crew being rostered to less than 193 hours, I have a whole stretch of A days in the middle of the roster.

My question is, can I call ops up and volunteer to work those days, or would the strict hour limits be adhered to?

This thread has suddenly become so quiet... Where has all the QCCA enthusiasm gone?

cielazur, cabin crew have been migrating to a new website. ask around on board. i won't pass it on here (my own reasons)