monopolies are dumb

unions are dumb too

so are long term contracted employment

at will is at will, esp in this economy where efficiency is crucial at the INDIVIDUAL level, too

I like what a stranded passenger just said on Channel 9. "Sack all of them and hire people that want to work" "if everybody wanted a pay-rise we would all be on strike" "it's not fair" "what a joke"

Some poor girl has her medication in her baggage and can't access it so she is desperately trying to finds Meds at the last minute before she becomes ill.

I have never thought unions are any good.... If you have to strike for extra money then a union isn't really doing it's job is it.... Workplace agreements should be sorted and agreed to with no effect to work... But left wing labour groups here in Australia have often showed a lack of leadership. Now thousands of poor citizens are stuck. Real fair don't you reckon? How much money do you reckon these passengers lose now? Most of them have used their hard earn cash to go on holiday and so forth, but I guess no one cares about that.... The average person doesn't have cash to burn....

I even seen a brainwashed fool from an occupy group with a banner saying we support the qantas workers. No wonder they don't care about others.

Anyway anyone that supports this type of action should have a good look at themselves.

I support the stranded individuals and families. Get back to work Qantas.

Qantas Management gave them the 3% they asked for but the particulars why they are striking... for example...

Long haul pilots of 767s want the same pay as a A-380 pilot. That's more than 3%

The strike is because the workers demands are very unrealistic and a first for any union to demand or strike over... Simply put they just want more than can be given this would in effect send the company broke...

There is no hidden agenda here just greedy workers...

Some greedy unions are simply trying to crush an iconic company.

All power to Joyce.

Originally posted by OzTruth
I like what a stranded passenger just said on Channel 9. "Sack all of them and hire people that want to work" "if everybody wanted a pay-rise we would all be on strike" "it's not fair" "what a joke"

If that was to happen you wouldn't see a Qantas aircraft flying for 3 months, it takes that long to train a pilot with the simlulator sessions and line training, that is if you crew the aircraft with Australian pilots. The alternative is that you employ foregin pilots to operate Qantas aircraft domestically, and this is exactly what AJ wants. These crews will be paid a fraction of what the current crews get paid. Before you say "so what"....remember if you pay peanuts you get monkeys. I'm not flying on Qantas aircraft with a "monkey" at the wheel.

If this goes on longer than a week I think it will be a massive tipping point for the Australian economy.

Originally posted by OzTruth
There is no hidden agenda here just greedy workers...

Does that include Alan Joyce's 71 percent pay increase from 3 million to 5 million?

treat them fairly ? whos idea of fair? the employe who wants 300 vacation days payed for?
hey they dont want the job dont like the pay THEY CAN QUITE that is true free enterprise .
All the unions can do is make the problem worse man you people are so smart .
so every one striks the unions make sure the company cant higher replacements the company louses million and folds and thous guys are unemployed .So tell me just who this helped?

Unions are dinosaurs.
They drove Ansett to the wall, killing their members jobs in the process.
Now it is the turn of Qantas.