Cabin Scrag,
I think you will find that AO is lucky if it is 20% cheaper than QF and it still is losing money and that is the simple reason why J* was invented. If GD can get J* International operating for 40% less than QF then AO will have a hard time to prove to GD that it deserves to exist.
If AO had been a success then J* would never have seen the light of day, it was an idea of QF but did not quite work out as intended but it gave him the direction to go.Ao was intended as a divide and conquer ploy to get people working for less and giving punters less but paying much the same as QF.
GD will have no problem finding cabin crew for J* international as there will always be people wanting to fly overseas and will take almost any pay they are offered as will the tech crew if they think this is their only chance to get a job based in OZ.
If GD decides to have overseas bases and he will because he has seen the savings with QF’s bases then there will be unquestionably no problem finding crew.
Unless AO takes some more work practice concessions and effective pay cuts then AO is in deep s***.
QF has a similar problem but there is sentimentality with the brand that does not extend to AO.