That's very surprising that NZALPA would allow that to happen. The Air Nelson uniform is the Air NZ uniform and the pilots are under the CBA of Air Nelson, so they would have to have been properly hired by Air Nelson, or that would be one heck of a contract variation. Are they on the Dash 8? (must be as the only plane they have) Air NZ would not be paying for them to get the type rating unless they had a long term commitment I would think; but they have done the odd funny thing before. Odd I've not read it in any of their bulletins so I'm definitely going to have to get the latest goss from my bussies there (at Air Nelson) on that one . . . thanks for the post and good to know. . . very good to know.

Air NZ has just invoked their clause regarding protocol for possible redundancies. Basically they are trying again to get people to take LWOP, all their leave, retire (for gods sake) etc. Layoffs are being towted as a possibility by management. Possibly just a little sabre rattling while planes are down for IFE (B777) and winglet (B767) upgrade, and it's low season. On the upside Jetstar raised their pay, as nobody was taking the job, and as far as I know PacBlue is still hiring.