MartinMemo
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Another day, another QF job lost - in this case 300.
Just watched on ABC News 24, but the best post up is on The Australian.
ABC Video - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-...-of-avalon-heavy-maintenance-facility/5078466
QANTAS is to close its Avalon heavy maintenance facility near Melbourne at the end of March 2014, resulting in the loss of around 300 jobs.
Qantas will continue to maintain aircraft at its major heavy maintenance facility in Brisbane and conduct line maintenance at 19 ports around Australia including Melbourne.
The heavy maintenance facility has been under review for several months, following the sacking last year of more than 250 engineers at Avalon by Qantas.
Qantas domestic chief executive officer Lyell Strambi said that after a comprehensive review it was clear there was no workable solution to continue operating the sub-scale maintenance facility.
The closure of the Avalon base will affect 53 Qantas employees and Qantas said it would work closely with Forstaff, which employs 246 contractors at Avalon.Qantas would try to redeploy its staff or offer “generous” redundancy packages.
- See more at: Cookies must be enabled. | The Australian
Just watched on ABC News 24, but the best post up is on The Australian.
ABC Video - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-...-of-avalon-heavy-maintenance-facility/5078466
QANTAS is to close its Avalon heavy maintenance facility near Melbourne at the end of March 2014, resulting in the loss of around 300 jobs.
Qantas will continue to maintain aircraft at its major heavy maintenance facility in Brisbane and conduct line maintenance at 19 ports around Australia including Melbourne.
The heavy maintenance facility has been under review for several months, following the sacking last year of more than 250 engineers at Avalon by Qantas.
Qantas domestic chief executive officer Lyell Strambi said that after a comprehensive review it was clear there was no workable solution to continue operating the sub-scale maintenance facility.
The closure of the Avalon base will affect 53 Qantas employees and Qantas said it would work closely with Forstaff, which employs 246 contractors at Avalon.Qantas would try to redeploy its staff or offer “generous” redundancy packages.
- See more at: Cookies must be enabled. | The Australian