Casper
Your statistics do not tell the whole story.
A very senior Air NZ management capt who is a friend of mine even agrees that although we here in oz are paid more per annum the productivity is much greater. The 89 dispute allowed the company to implement a contract for all of those new employees whereby crews could do a lot more flying than Air NZ pilots are allowed too. He had a good look at this area & his final comment was ............."AN needs less pilots to meet the schedule / roster requirements than we do which makes pilot costs aprox the same for both companies"