DD,
Regardless of whatever spin you want to put on it, the "domestics" blocked any reforms that we could live with at Convention, that made the split inevitable.
Neither you, nor any of the other AFAP critics of the split want to address the sundry technical bans that AFAP maintained, which were a complete disaster for Qantas fleet plans ---- how about you find an excuse for that issue --- I have mentioned most of the major items.
This kind of nonsense technical objection to change by "domestics" is not new.
It reminds me of when I first returned to Australia in mid-1960's, the "domestics" were waging a furious battle against the adoption of VOR --- the "technical objections" were quite hilarious for an outsider --- or any members of the Qantas rosters.
VOR was going to cause all sorts of problems, generally the "end of aviation as we know it". No way were they going to permit the doing away with the trusty VAR.
Tootle pip!!