Unfortunately for the Ansett pilots,
Zoo, you are not a united force, and unemployment will cause some individuals to take extreme steps - at the expense of both their peers, and their OWN integrity.
I would concur, from the information that I have been able to gather, the Ansett Pilots' Association has sold a lot of their members down the drain, probably to try to guarantee their own survival and that of the "executive members". My guess is (that) the ACTU will (successfully) try to incorporate the APA into the ACTU "fold" within a short period of Ansett Mk3 commencing operations.
The only other alternative (to long-term aviation unemployment in Australia) I see at the moment, would be for a united group to present a more "attractive" (for the employER) employment package to TESNA's principles, and effectively cull APA! <img src="eek.gif" border="0">
[ 24 December 2001: Message edited by: Kaptin M ]</p>