Numbskull and Sys 4, I feel you are both past your used by date. Maybe its time to move on and become sparkies,plumbers and bricklayers and you someday may realise that what you had at Qantas wasn't actually that bad.
No, sparkies, plumbers and bricklayers don't work 12hr shifts, its probably closer to 14hrs, 6 times a week. If you don't work, you don't get paid.
When was the last time a LAME went to gaol? You will probably see more sparkies, plumbers and bricklayers in gaol then LAMEs.
They would give you the world and you still wouldn't be happy.