Different strategy is needed
Yes the EBA has the statement “agreement should not be unreasonably withheld”
however Qantas wants to ignore the provisions in the EBA that says any bypassed pilot should be compensated for being bypassed.
Qantas’ main argument for doing this is they have operational and training constraints. However they don’t say currently 787 pilots are being forced onto leave due to a surplus. They don’t say the backlog for training onto the a380 is 6+months. They don’t say they have a financial motive for their decision as these new SOs are on the Bscale conditions. And will only achieve 60% of the salary of their colleagues.
IMO this whole argument can now be shut down by the new same job same pay laws. Why should 2 SO with the same experience be paid vastly different rates.