Qantas jobs up in air

More than 450 workers at the airline's Boeing 737 heavy repair base will be briefed on a review of the viability of the base.
It follows the closure in March of Qantas's 747 heavy maintenance base in Sydney, with the loss of 340 jobs.
There is speculation the Tullamarine jobs could be transferred to the Qantas maintenance base at Avalon airport, which has expanded in recent months. The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association has already expressed fears Qantas may have made up its mind to shut the Tullamarine base.
Apart from the Sydney maintenance job losses, the airline also has culled more than 1400 non-management jobs in the past year, including 840 IT workers whose work has been shifted offshore and given to firms in India.
21/10/06 Geoff Easdown and John Masanauskas/Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia

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