Good Points Crosscutter.
AIPA negotiated the Last EA in very different circumstances. Point made earlier that Qantas lost billions. Captains got demoted.Nearly all those 767 Captains are now back on the A330 as CPTs or in training. Many FOs on or going to A330 or 787 or 737 CPT.
Talk is of 737 SYD CPTs next round going as junior as 1500. Times have improved and so has AIPAs position.
Around the time of the Last EA Alan was on TV telling Tony Abbott the airline was ruined and would die unless bailed out.
Alan now has his own 60 minutes segment championing himself, Qantas and it’s multi billion dollar success. 100 million even buys you a new set of white teeth and fancy black specs.
Company LH negotiators are now fuelling embarrassing scare campaigns on line for the A380 replacement. Most find it laughable.
Ex mangers and Pilots from defunct Low cost airlines that flew a maximum of 6 hours in a 767 from Cairns are not relevant to Qantas LH ops. Cairns is indeed lovely in winter but the market for 20 hour premium flights is dubious.
Qantas charge a premium to fly to global finance hubs of London and New York. Not bogans to Borneo from Cairns.
Confident AIPA reps know what their doing.