Isn't the point driving this dispute primarily about the cap on numbers of foreign crew based overseas and not a wage dispute?
From the crew I know they just want assurances that Australian jobs won't be lost here while holding on to overseas based crew. The money always take over the argument and distracts from the real issues.
If you think it's OK for this to go ahead for QF cabin crew then surely you would support QF tech crew bases in LHR with foreign crew as well.
I'm sure GOD would love to see how much that would save him, or are European based tech crew payed the same as our guys over here? Somehow I don't think so.