A very true comment from Cornflake.
In the long term this can only help to make Emerald a better place for EVERYONE, not just crews.
Emerald has always had the potential to be a great little operation, it has only been spoiled by the intransigence and stupidity of one individual.
There has been a lot of blood spilled to get to this point (some of it my own, though in a very minor way compared to those who put in such a massive amount of effort to get this far.) I hope that all the crew work together and grasp this opportunity to make life better for themselves AND more productive for the company. Let's face it, there has always been a staggering amount of wasted time and effort getting around unnecessary problems.
This should be a start of good things for Emerald and if the T's and C's of the "cheapest" operator in the business get raised, it can only be a good thing for the rest of us.