The Herald understands Qantas also had contingency plans in place.Extra Qantas and Jetstar staff were at the airport and offering flexibility for customers who wanted to move their flights.Sydney Airport said it was encouraging all passengers to leave plenty of time to get to the airport.Negotiations are taking place between security company Certis, its employees, and the Transport Workers’ Union in Australia.Sydney Airport is not a party to those negotiations. “We’re working closely with our airport partners to minimise disruption and maintain passenger safety today,” a Sydney Airport spokesperson said.Extra baggage staff have been rostered on in the terminals.A Certis spokesperson said the company’s employees yesterday received a new offer to consider. “We are disappointed that, with that offer on the table, the TWU has chosen instead to proceed with industrial action that affects the travelling public.“Certis remains committed to constructive bargaining towards a fair and sustainable agreement.”But the TWU told Nine News the affected workers were demanding more fulltime jobs, fairer rostering, and no cuts to part-time hours. “After standards have fallen dangerously low from years of cost-cutting by Sydney Airport, these workers are simply asking for more fulltime jobs, and rosters that aren’t changing by the hour,” a TWU state secretary told Nine.Sydney’s aviation security workforce differs from New Zealand’s major airports, where the public sector through the Aviation Security Service (AvSec) is responsible for passenger and baggage screening.Certis said fulltime aviation security screeners at Sydney Airport earned more than A$100,000 ($121,000) a year including allowances.Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport was already warning travellers yesterday of possible disruption.“Please check with your airline for the latest updates on your flight.”At 10am New Zealand time the airport’s website said security wait times for international flights were still less than five minutes.The TWU action was planned to go from 8am to noon NZT and again from 7pm to 9pm, NZT.Sydney time is two hours behind New Zealand.John Weekes is a business journalist covering aviation. He also has experience covering consumer affairs, crime, politics and courts.Stay ahead with the latest market moves, corporate updates, and economic insights by subscribing to our Business newsletter – your essential weekly round-up of all the business news you need.
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