Australian pilots once shut down the country over pay, now they accept pay rises just above inflation while pilots come in from overseas.
In coffee shops and crew bases industry wide, this was until the recent past SOP for pilots.
With an ever growing shortage there is a relevant question that is unanswered by the unions representing pilots.
Why is the union movement silent? The answer is they and airline management are two sides of the same coin.
With a certain former union president actively involved in 'pilot supply' why precisely is that sort of conga line from one side to the other permitted and indeed tolerated?
We are even informed a current Qantas 'negotiator' has quietly become a 'made man' (Training) during an enterprise negotiation...Conflict of interest? Nah just standard practice.
They aren't even discreet these days