Australia is a heavily divided nation in all walks of life inc aviation. The grubby Co's thrive on this, to create division as it stalls any meaningful negotiations, drags it out. causes in-house bickering, division, it's just the way businesses handle the ever boiling "them & Us" scenario These days the one thing that is able to be manipulated & variable is the work force, everything else the Co's can do little about to improve their situation. Unions don't have the clout anymore as they don't have the member support. '89 proved when push comes to shove on a large scale nobody wins !