The Australian Licenced Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) recognises the unfortunate circumstances you find yourselves in with your company filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is absolutely gut wrenching when the workers of a company go to extraordinary lengths to keep their company alive whilst the management team award themselves bonuses.
Management does so on the premise of keeping the airline afloat whilst, in essence, disguising their ever increasing bank balances. What really tears at the soul is that they do it at the expense of those who truly love the company and have carried it through the hard times.
Recently many members of the ALAEA were shell-shocked when Qantas CEO Alan Joyce took a 70% increase in earnings. This despite the airline’s share price falling from $3 to $1.50 during his leadership. Mr Joyce then shut the airline down indefinitely because of the “union’s over the top” demands, job security and a 3% pay rise.
The sheer hypocrisy of our so-called leaders is reprehensible. One golden rule I have learned throughout my life is that if you are going to lead you must do so by example. To profess restraint, honesty and integrity then behave in exactly the opposite fashion is criminal and deserving of public condemnation.
Stick together and stay strong knowing that the aviation workers of the world stand behind you in support and solidarity in your pursuit of equality, fairness and dignity; the very foundations on which the United States of America is built. The founding fathers of your country would be rolling in their graves at the disgraceful, disgusting corporate behaviour.
I have three words for your management and management of all corporate entities.
- Transparency
- Honesty
- Respect
In all your future endeavours I wish you well, you honestly deserve it.
Paul Cousins
Federal President
Steve Purvinas
Federal Secretary
Once again 99% suffer at the hands of the 1%, greed expunging fairness, stupidity outweighing common sense and, most of all, deceit destroying integrity.