Hey Stick Pusher you say
"Be a very good chance to start raising the bar with award rates within our industry. I'm sure all other airlines are trying or if not should bloody be trying strongly to turn the tide of wage rot in this country." l totally agree with you. But what chance did the Sunnies boys have when main line boys got zip for the 800's...Jet* get zip for the A320's...main line International struggling with any deal on the A380's and all had trade offs.
Have not seen the sunnies deals as yet, but l hear no trade off and some gains...and yes only 7% extra for the 400's plus 3 by 3%.
Don't forget in Qantas eyes the 400 is the same type as the 1 2 and 300's.
So for 100 pilots l think they have raised the bar a little... Now let Eastern of 200 pilots raise it further...and before you say they have set the bench mark, where did Eastern set the bar 3/4 years ago when they signed there last EBA...then see where Virgin of 5/600 pilots, Jetstar with 300 to ~ and Qantas mainline with 2000 odd can take it. My money is on nowhere. So don't blame them so fast this time around. All pilot groups have signed EBA's over the last few years and will continue for the next few and all with new types continually coming online. Didn't see them do any better. In fact they achieved less.
The only way to achieve better l believe is one union in time and align our EBA's to fall due at the same time. But what chance of Qantas letting this happen. Lets not fight ourselves, we all know who the enemy is.