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It is even more insidious than that; it was by design.
If you carefully review the testimony of Peter Gregg Ex CFO given to a Parliamentary hearing you will see several key phrases.
Specifically 'competitive wage tension across the group' This was a cornerstone strategy in JQ's establishment; control labour unit cost.
Denial of career opportunities and inability to transfer meant JQ was ring fenced and a nice new workforce without that 'polluting' culture (Yes Mr Joyce said that) of mainline pilots.
What was once a proud career, is merely a job.
As we are told, AIPA 'negotiators' are asking pilots in one breath 'what do you want from the new contract negotiation?' and then when given the answer retort, 'what will you give up?'
Seems axiomatic that there is nothing left to give and to restore the balance both remuneration and life balance needs addressing, but whether the union is prepared to do anything remains to be seen.
With no appetite for change,
Qantas will quietly establish the Network and Jetconnect narrative as the reason that direct entry recruiting onto the 737 thereby making the contract irrelevant. Of course the 'grown ups' structuring the pilot union defence must know this, right?