Originally Posted by
Chronic Snoozer
Holding the pilots to ransom by threatening to either withdraw backpay or refusing to allocate new types to the workforce if agreement is not reached doesn't sound like good faith bargaining. Has this ever been raised at the FWC? Might be time to call the bluff.
The word I would use is blackmail, however Qantas pilots have only themselves to blame by constantly voting these agreements up.