Ending up on the Award with CAO 48 work rules will be the biggest own goal in the history of negotiations. You are then stuck on that with no protections, no overtime still working 12 hours/ 4-5 sectors a day. Then in 2-3 years time you are negotiating from that position. What are you willing to trade for DDO protections you once had?
I think we would have some leverage if the award was really the award as the real award would be unworkable for an airline. However this ridiculous situation where CASA get to muscle in on industrial relations takes away any leverage held by the pilots.