There you go kids, another kick in the teeth from Dixon. You must understand that no matter how many times you agree to a few changes under threat of jobs going overseas, he will do it again and again.
And when you have no concessions left to make, he will again curse you for having nothing to offer and take the jobs offshore anyway.
You have to understand you can never please a narcissist. You should never try to because they merely regard you as a weak craven thing for giving in to him.
The only way you can stop a narcissist in their tracks is to frighten them to death. that is the only way to penetrate their armour. Rene rivken's behaviour when led off to jail is a perfect example.
The only way you can get through to Dixon and the Board is an all out strike by pilots, ground staff, flight attendants, enginers, the lot. One blink and you will be F%$#@ed.
Furthermore, the correct response to Dixons call for 7000 jobs to go overseas, is to call for Qantas's monopoly of Australian traffic to be cut proportionately. After all, what have you got to lose? Infact, new entrants might very well need a few Australian staff.
Qantas profits come from their monopoly position, if it is not employing Ausralians, and is operated for the benefit of shareholders only, then there is absolutely no rationale from treating it any different from singapore airlines or anyone else.
And guess what Mr. Qantas? Your job is under threat like everyone elses. The first thing you do is "pprune" (sic) middle management.