some info is needed
ARGUS,
there are as a matter of fact very little similarities between the waterfront dispute and the current QF situation.
waterfront was very ineffective/unproductive/ did not want to shift aussie jobs overseas and many other little issues.
qf has a very productive cabincrew by international standards, its all about more jobs going overseas at slave labor rates and if you think seriously they can replace 3800 crew in a short period think again. sure they are going to try and again intimitate crew by my guess pushing the envelope to 1 week (maybe lockout or other options), but we operate through 13 international ports and several hundred flight a week. lets not forget the union has a number of legal options as well should GD really gets silly.
bob ayrling of BA lost 125 million pounds in one week during the BA dispute. they begged crew to come back. ayrling was dismissed shorlty after. now i firmly believe there will be a solution in time but as always in current eba's the envelope has to be pushed to the limit.dont forget the ASU is in similar circumstances. GD has to replace then 20000 to 25000 workers.yeah right