hoss, you're kidding right?
A VERY reliable source within QF who also has some pretty good sources at DJ assures me (and I'd trust this bloke every day of the week and I know he's reading this!) that the cost structures between DJ and QF as far as tech crew costs are concerned are 'not that different'. If I could be bothered, I'd do the maths for you but I can't. I little 'give' and 'take' and some creative ways of doing business and I wouldn't be surprised if both AIPA and QF come to a pretty good arrangement.
Just to help me out though, can someone give me the yearly average hours for F/Os and Captains in DJ and I'll do a comparison based on some mates in QF.