Originally Posted by
farrari
mate whinging is better than nothing. We all need to speak up , A and others have taken that away.
If every VA Pilot did it , didn’t work on days off , didn’t cave in to the company , told the union to do their job , had the ability to be brave and had really good leadership from the union , then it would be possible to make significant gains.
And yes I totally understand why many are not in a position to be brave. The other half, home loans and kids to mention a few.
In Australia unfortunately it’s ideological. I am of the opinion that all airlines in Australia will bankrupt themselves before they start paying big salaries. If you had a “real” strike they would just cry poor to the government and get it shut down. A real pilot shortage will be fixed by Africans and expats with easy Visas. And in the end they would either shrink their business or shut down than start paying circa 400k+ narrow body salaries, even if this is what the market determined.
You can bleat all you want to the union but their only real lever is a full blown shutdown strike which in Australia has never really ended well as Governments of either persuasion are essentially pilot haters. Compare that attitude to the comments made from Labor Ministers about the Wharf dispute recently and it will tell you why Wharfies, marine workers and railway employees get paid similar to or more than airline pilots.
Ultimately it’s an uphill battle which will only end when there is a capitulation of an airline in this country similar to what happened to Republic and other US Regionals. Maybe then you might get some traction.