zonker...you obviously aren't mixing with enough QF pilots. Never met an unhappier bunch - and getting worse. Their misery leaves ours for dead.
Their super scheme might be OK but their salary is crap and tax is over 40% in the upper brackets. Also they don't get 13th month.
Not saying ours is great - we have MAJOR room for improvement. However do not ever aspire to work for Qantas, particularly internationally on the 767 fleet. Dollars and life on the 747-400 as a S/O or senior F/O are not as bad as the rest of the QF fleet because of longhaul pay, but you couldn't/shouldn't aspire to remain an F/O for ever. Life back on the 767 is miserable for a Captain and even CX F/O's do better financially than that.
Of course traditionally QF have relied on paying crap because guys are living 'at home' and there have been no shortage of willing applicants. Now people are for the first time starting do leave Qantas for greener pastures O/S, perhaps the airline may start to slip a few well earned extra $ the pilots way (???)
We should never aspire to duplicate ANYTHING down at Qantas, perhaps the deal just struck with United aircrew is something more worthy of persuing.