Vanity in front of Profits
First of all the Company threatened the pilots by saying without a deal they won't order the aircraft for the Sunrise route.
Then then the Company threatened the pilots by saying without a deal, they will order the aircraft but invent some subsidiary company and pilots to fly the route.
So who wants the goddamed Project Sunrise route anyway? The commercial reality is that the economics of the route will dictate that it will make meager profits at best and maybe never break even.
Its pretty obvious to all and sundry that the Company wants the route as a vanity
PR thing to wave around in front of the other big swinging dicks of the airline world.
But do the pilots want Project Sunrise? They sure as heck don't want it if it screws up the hard fought for terms and conditions agreement which has taken years to hone and perfect.
Tell the Company pay up what is reasonable for a truly dreadful sector length and work pattern, or just forget about Project Sunrise happening with real Qantas pilots.