A bit off topic here wrt recruitment.
In terms of the bypass pay issue, there are a number of issues that the Unions have identified that would be a problem if there was a dispute that ended up at fairwork. (Which it would as the company wouldnt just roll over).
1. EBA's dont bind on other EBA's. The history and intent of the bypass pay clause is to apply WITHIN VARA. Bypass pay is not mentioned within the Group Career Progression clause.
2. The Company would argue until they are blue in the face that the 10% cap clause would be their get out of jail free card. - quite hard to argue against.
On a related note it amazes me the amount of whining about the cap coming from ATR pilots. My knowledge is that without this cap then integration would never have been agreed to by the company (VARA) at the time of the last EBA. Surely some movement is better than potentially none (or limited/unstructured as in the qlink case)