So by the sound of some of these posts it's all Kaptin Ms' fault!
AIPA lost the war in '89 when it sat on its' hands; and later made it even worse by then representing the aquired 'Australian' pilots. Who is going to join such a union which will clearly break up in internal dissention if ever pushed to make a real decision. Controlling all the Q fractions won't fix the industry now. Q is only part of the picture. When the AIPA people became self obsessed and left the AFAP; the writing was on the wall for a devided industry. No individual company was ever likely to 'own' the skies for ever.
Good luck AIPA pilots. Fight or flight .....