Virgin Australia is poised to announce a fresh wave of stand downs across its workforce as soon as Wednesday as the aviation industry struggles with lockdowns and border closures that have slashed travel around the country.
Several industry sources familiar with Virgin’s thinking, but who were not authorised to speak on the record, said the lockdowns could affect more than 1000 staff at the airline.A spokeswoman for Virgin Australia said the airline was “consulting with unions to manage the reduced demand in flying and the available hours of work over the next 1-2 months.”
It comes a day after Qantas announced it would stand down about 2500 staff after its flights dropped to 40 per cent of pre-lockdown levels and two days after Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce unveiled a new domestic support package for the industry. Airline staff who cannot access the federal coronavirus disaster payment of up to $750 a week, which only applies to people who live or work in COVID-19 hotspots such as Sydney, will be eligible for payments of the same amount via the Retaining Domestic Airline Capability scheme.
nickbonyhady I feel for the people that work in this industry
nickbonyhady There are GPs in South West Sydney who are not vaccinated and they are advising their patients to not trust the vaccine and to not get vaccinated. Can GPs do that? I can give you names of 2 of them.