Borg you are the closest thing a Dinosaur yet.. You sound like a Arthur Scargill of the 1970's UK miner union fighting a rearguard action against an inevitable force you have yet to comprehend. Those conditions are hard won maybe but not set in concrete. Qantas is looking for cost savings wherever they may come from. A bit here another bit there. The savings will never come from just one area. No one seems to refer to the current dispute with the engineers and maintainence staff. Your 'professional' colleagues. They were not so precious to be left alone by your management. But that all aside you keep you finger firmly in that Dyke.