the board has already set the wages rises for the next EBAs , it’s 2.5%.
Not sure where you got that information from.
This is from a transcript of an interview Alan Joyce gave to CNBC in March this year;
We have a pay and policy of 3% that we're implementing today; it's above the 2% inflation.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/29/cnbc...s-airways.html