Round one to Qantas CEO Alan Joyce, who last October grounded the entire Qantas fleet to prevent further rolling strike action from three miltant unions and force them into official arbitration with Fair Work Australia (FWA). Yesterday the FWA tribunal endorsed an workplace agreement between Qantas and the Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) that's effective through to the end of 2014.
Joyce said: "The determination from Fair Work Australia does not contain any of the restrictive demands that would have handed control of parts of the airline to the union." Qantas is still negotiating with the Australian and International Pilots Association and the Transport Workers Union through FWA.
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As always that is such spin by Mr Joyce. The airline was never at threat of unions being in control of the airline. The crux of the disagreement was that as new aircraft that are being bought into the qantas fleet such as the A 380 and 787, management want maintenance on these aircraft outsourced overseas and the jobs previously done by Australian labour by the engineers are disappearing as the older types such as the 767 and 747 are retired. This is why it was all about job security. Before long there will be no jobs in wide body heavy maintenance in Qantas ( which is a stated aim of management as spoken by qantas executive head of qantas Engineering in an article in a widely published aviation magazine.
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Events
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- Where: Bangkok
- When: June 26, 2012
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The program is shaping up really well with some great speakers from Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, United States and Australia already confirmed.
There's a focus on web, distribution, innovation, revenue management, sales, digital marketing and technology - no fluff, just the facts. Speakers include:
- Bill Barnett, Managing Director, C9 Hotelworks
- Bill Black, President, SilverNeedle Hospitality
- Scott Blume, Group CEO, PT Raja Kumar International
- Ben Emery, Director of Revenue Strategy, Southeast Asia, Marriott International
- Mark Flower, Director of Commercial - Southeast Asia, IHG
- Timothy Hansing, CEO, Red Planet Hotels
- Craig Hewett, Co-Founder, Wego.com
- Sonia Kapoor, Director, Nielsen
- Markus Keller, Regional Director of Sales & Distribution - Asia Pacific, Accor
- John Koldowski, Special Advisor - Strategic Intelligence Centre, PATA
- Dan Lynn, CEO, AirAsia Expedia
- David Perry, General Manager, Gran Melia Jakarta
- Robert Rosenstein, President, Agoda
- Jagdish Sandhu, Director, Revenue Management & Distribution, Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts
- Sen Sun-Moon, Director, Horwath HTL
- Jessica Tham, Corporate Director - Yield Management, Berjaya Hotels & Resorts
- Jerome Wise, Vice President – Global Internet Marketing Services, TravelClick
- Michelle Wohl, Vice President Marketing, Reinvate
Sponsor support has been great so far, adding depth and credibility to what will be a great day.
Please get in touch with Martin Kelly if you want to speak, sponsor or contribute in any way. Further details will be posted soon.
Sydney, September 7, 2012
DISTRIBUTION: THE NEXT WAVE
The signs are all good for TRAVELtech 2012.
Lots of early interest, loads of great discussion points and some excellent speakers already confirmed.
Still trawling for ideas, though, so if you have any, please send them through to conference director Martin Kelly.
Same with sponsorship requests.
The program will be announced in early June.
Meanwhile, view photographs from TRAVELtech 2011.
You can also this link to see great 360 degree panorama shots of the conference from Panedia.
TRAVELtech is Australia's original web travel, marketing and distribution event.
It features a compelling program, great speakers and fantastic networking.
See you there!
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