A decision by Qantas to stand down hundreds of aircraft engineers without pay during the COVID-19 pandemic has been vindicated by the Federal Court.Qantas claimed all other cost saving measures had been implemented before the stand downsThe court ruled the work stoppage was the direct result of government restrictions on flyingfor a month from late March as passenger numbers declined.
But the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association argued a lack of customers, no matter how stark, should not be considered a stoppage of work under the workers' agreement. "The facts of the present case, it is respectfully concluded, come nowhere close to a situation where other steps could reasonably have been pursued by Qantas or Jetstar."Qantas claimed the stand-downs were made in accordance with clauses in its agreements and the workers could not be "usefully employed".
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'Qantas described the outcome as a victory for common sense'. As Qantas relies so heavily on LAMEs to keep aircraft in the air, this appears a very strange way to keep the workforce on side. A workforce that maintains the legal ability to ground an aircraft as unserviceable.
When I first heard of this court case i thought good on them, but i don't like their chances. Obviously the court agrees with me. 👎
Yeah good luck with that Qantas, in sure they'll just forget all about it.
Qantas collected $267 million in payments through the JobKeeper $15 million net benefits from the wage subsidy and other government support packages, chairman 65 per cent of their base rate executive team members have been on 85 per cent of their normal pay since July. Top Heavy
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