Air N.Z. training ‘waste’
PA Auckland As Air New Zealand redundancy talks continued yesterday, more than 60 engineering apprentices fresh out of their time or due out in the next few months have been told there are no jobs for them. They will not get redundancy pay, they have been told.
The apprentices, who have completed five years training in aviation aircraft and avionics, were not guaranteed a job at the end of their apprenticeships but in better times could have expected to be kept on. One mother said her son was in the "depths of despair.” "He has worked for five'
years and completed 10,000 hours, only to have to start another career.” There were “a lot of angry fathers, mothers, and sons around,” she said. As apprentices, they were not members of the Engineers’ Union and had no-one to speak for them. However, a union spokesman said the union was
committed to obtaining compensation for the apprentices. . ■ The airline’s public affairs manager, Mr Craig Saxton, said last evening that the apprentices had been told in the last few days that it was unlikely there would be jobs for them; This was in line with the company’s plan to .cut staff.
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