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Jobs to go as US carrier cuts back
United Airlines, hot on the tail of Australian carrier Qantas and the collapse of business class airline OzJet, announced this evening (Wed) that it has streamlined its Sydney and Melbourne operations with the resultant slashing of about 100 jobs.
United Airlines Australasian General Manager Stephen Pearce said that the decision involves outsourcing its ground handling and reservation functions in both cities and that it is part of the company’s efforts to build an efficient, consistent and cost effective organisation.
The Unions have expressed their dissatisfaction and distress, not only with the redundancies, but also because apparently the announcement was held up for ten hours to allow all United Airlines aircraft to leave Sydney last night.
Michael Flynn from the Australian Services Union said that the employees being made redundant were not only distressed because they have lost their jobs, but they are also very angry because they were made to wait ten hours because United Airlines did not have the courage to tell the workers what was happening to them until all its flights had left Sydney.
Qantas’ announcement of engineering jobs moving out of New South Wales and probably, ultimately overseas, the collapse of OzJet and now United’s decision, has meant a tough week for the Australian aviation sector.
Report by The Mole
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