To be fair, the AIPA President did not negotiate the last long haul EBA. He gave autonomy to the EBA negotiating team to work independently and come up with the best deal they could. Due process was for the prospective agreement to be endorsed by the AIPA Committee of Management, which it was, with only a handful of the 40 committee members not endorsing it. The agreement was then put to all long haul pilots by Qantas, where 0ver 80% agreed with the proposed agreement. Implying there was some kind of conspiracy or underhanded behaviour by the former AIPA president is misguided and false. I can understand that there may be some 'buyers remorse'. At the time the deal was negotiated, many long haul pilots were concerned about having a job. Now prospects have changed, with a growing pilot shortage and the company being profitable. Understandably, expectations for the next EBA will be different, but you can't confuse the environment we face now with what was in place during the last negotiation.