Originally Posted by
wheels_down
I am aware that SIA group including Scooter is paying pilots a large chunk of their salary.
However, hell will freeze over before AJ and co have people getting paid sitting at home.
Great for SIA as they are owned by their nation's government and can rely on public money for support.
Different for Australian airlines as we have chosen, rightly or wrongly, to allow aviation to fall into the private sector. Australia's privatised airlines can't afford to pay stood down workers their salary without eventually going bankrupt. They could only do it with government support.