Thank you,
Woomera. It's difficult to pass comment without appearing to be a "smartarse" - that is certainly NOT my intention. I have looked in at this thread several times today and best thought it continue without any input from me -
Kaptin_X's responses and accusations didn't go unnoticed (nor uncopied), however I felt the
he, by his posts, was
my best weapon! Enough said.
Further, I realise that I tend to "specialise" on this forum, on the events of 1989 - however, as this IS a
Professional Pilots forum, it would be the ONE place where one would expect to have discussion on that subject - not
ad nauseum obviously! However, it is quite apparent to many of us involved (on both sides of the fence) that there are still a number of KEY players in Australian aviation, who are able to determine how a rolled dice will land. Perhaps this is not apparent to many of today's "junior jetters" (judging by the "
it's not relevant today" quips that occasionally appear), but it is these men ('89 Dispute pilots) who are often responsible for helping or hindering the careers of the up-and-coming Aussie pilots, (including some of the not so young ones as well) and I see GREAT RELEVANCE in the current goings-on within the Ansett pilot group!
The idea of this forum should be to stimulate THINKING, DEBATE, and finally come to a CONCLUSION after as many of the issues, arguments, and theories possible/probable have been presented. Personal attacks only take up valuable posting slots, and sidetrack the main core issue.
So finally to one of
772's comments (paraphrased), "[i]Where will Virgin Blue be in 2002, after Ansett and QF increase their fleet size?[i]"
I guess that will depend on whether
VB are still filling their seats! Remember there are 3 players, and simply increasing aircraft numbers does NOT guarantee an increase in passenger and freight revenue, to the detriment of the other players.