The AFAP were not perfect, far from it. They underestimated the will of Hawke Abeles etc, no doubt about that.
What really pissed me off was the "friends" telling all and sundry to "stick to it, we are right ra ra ra" whilst at the SAME TIME arranging their command slot back at HQ. This happened a hell of a lot. Had their hands in several pockets at once it seems!! Damn disgrace to the human race.
The HKAOA are not all that great either, our leadership ( and IFALPA ) chose not to refuse upgrades whilst the recruitment ban was on.Why you ask? They were worried that CX would employ direct entry Captains to fill the slots, and this was to be avoided at all costs. I opposed that position, made my position known to the members and to the union leadership. Wiser heads prevailed and they were correct. Now thankfully the 49 er ( not 40 ) situation seems to have been resolved fairly well, although not perfectly.
If Ansett had folded TAA would have taken as many Ansett pilots as they could.The Ansett Pilots would have been junior to ALL TAA Pilots. If however some temporary Captains were need obviously that would have been worked out with a legally binding agreement between the TAA management and it's Pilots.
I have never once stepped on anyone to get where I am today and resent the implication Yorick. It's only you lot that continually resort to those tactics my friend. That's why they call you SCABS. Or had you forgotten?
I guess you were one of the Heroes jumping the que for an A320 endorsement when there was a chance Ansett mark 2 would rise from the ashes. LOL
The vast majority of '89 ers are working overseas or have retired, I don't have the figures but I guess there would be 100 or so in Virgin Blue? don't know really. Virgin Blue don't pay all that bad a wage, it could be better I guess but it is still fair.
If any 89'er is in Impulse ( now Pornstar ) then he/she should be ashamed, they prostitute themselves badly, not once but twice!!
Finally an admission from a Scab that he knew of a dispute between the Domestic airlines in Australia and their Pilot group lead by the AFAP. Thank god that's settled, I'm so sick of hearing "I didn't know"