Originally Posted by
Beer Baron
Errrr... I don’t think AIPA are going to be making much effort to help Qantas out just now. In the past, definitely but Qantas just burnt all their goodwill with the A350 threat. I’d expect AIPA to hold Qantas to every letter of the EA.
This this threat may be more significant than anything that's come out of management offices. The airline's international operations are being shut down for a few months. The domestic ones curtailed. How are you going to pay all those crew at full divisor if you don't have any cash flow coming in? How long will the cash reserves last? Will AIPA want to be the union that didn't come to the party? Will the government come up with a bailout?
If the domestic market isn't too greatly affected then it is possible VA may be in the stronger position as they don't have a significant international operation and the required labour costs to service it.