Scud
First piece of commercial freight travelled on a Virgin flight exactly two weeks after the innaugral flight, not years later as you say. Currently averaging 115 tonnes per week out of SYD and 100 tonnes into SYD.
The whinge at terminal costs in January was backed up by QF and Rex as they are all worried the charges will spiral upwards without any checks. Are QF and Rex whingers also?.
Connecting flights and transferring pax have been operating for over three years. I think they should have worked it out by now.
VB staff are now the second highest paid staff next to QF with some positions on equal pay rates. Have a go at Express Ground Handling, Jetstar and Rex (Aerocare) for low pay. Remember, no one is forced to work at these places, they choose to. Lets all stand together, as you say, and price ourselves off the market or make it unsustainable like Ansett staff did.
You comment on things you obviously do not know about and still haven't answered my question. Why should there be different pay scales for the 717, 737, 320.