Sure Justin.
Plenty of books to read, lots of journal publications too.
If you wanted to understand the 'partnership' versus 'adversarial' model then look no further than Southwest airlines.
The obsession your masters have with labour unit cost is like looking through the wrong end of the telescope, same picture but rather distorted.
Don't fear though, most airlines focus excessively on labour unit cost reductions. Qantas is not alone in that regard, but pick a metric of performance and you will find that a workplace with mutual respect, not in words like most modern corporates, but in action out performs those without.
By way of an example, Mr Joyce made a statement circa 2004 when handed the reins of Jetstar by Mr Dixon.
He copied the Ryan Air playbook of employee relations paraphrasing Ryan air doctrine;
'The idea was to recruit a vibrant start up team, burn them out, then get rid of them and put in a fresh team'.
Look through the list at Qantas in HR/IR many of the office holders have affiliations with Ryan air.
We would not expect any public change of sentiment, Mr Joyce and his structure detests pilots, but with supply dwindling and retirement rates increasing, Qantas like many modern adversarial structured IR/HR airlines will be dragged kicking and screaming to the modern reality; You need qualified pilots and treating them with contempt is not something you can actually afford anymore!
BAE Systems Australia today announced that it would lease part of its Tamworth training facility to CAE Oxford Aviation Training Academy.
Think practically, given Air Services deactivated the VOR and NDB network, where do training aircraft conduct ILS approaches on the east coast? Avalon in Victoria and Tamworth are about it. Essendon has overshoot issues off runway 26, depending upon configuration at nearby Melbourne.
Back to the story Alan, pilot shortage solved!