Originally Posted by
dr dre
it might take that for the union to finally notice
I'm certain the union has noticed but what, pray tell, are they supposed to do?
1. The vast majority of their members are stood downing meaning no $$ coming in.
2. There is no legal option for taking any form of industrial action.
3. Even if they COULD take industrial action, the consequences of any such action would pale into insignificance when viewed against what COVID and border closures have managed to do the company.
4. Take the company to court? With what $$ and on what basis? Unions hardly have a stellar record when it comes to taking legal action against QANTAS.
Network will doubtless expand with red tails and take both opportunities and conditions from Mainline pilots. We've been watching the same pattern now for 20 years since the acquisition of Impulse. The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour. Exactly what that means as it plays out time will tell. Expect it to be somewhere in the range between a crap EA offer next time around with a "take-it-or-leave-it" approach up to and including redundancy. That's the range of possible outcomes. Where will it fall? No idea.