Oh yes, I remember a QF captain as AFAP president sought to impose his preferred method of pilot integration on the Ansett pilots in past years. He had been wrapped in cotton wool too long as a QF captain and his ideas did not prevail. Activity does not always occur within the AFAP especially when one section of pilots seeks to usurp the rights of others.. .. .Anyway TTT make up your mind one way or another. You say on one hand that pay rates are too high and then on the other too low.. . . .And the
VB pilots have possibly the lowest pay rates around sanctioned by the AFAP. Not knocking
VB just pointing out a fact. And the chief of
VB is one of the chaps who started this mess with a 30% pay claim with no increase in productivity. While you may claim otherwise the fact is that the
AFAP sought a 30% pay rise. All the principles you now use to claim the high moral ground were the aftermath of stupid tactics adopted by the AFAP.. .. .Both sides used reprehensible and immoral tactics so it is a bit rich to claim otherwise especially in the light of lies told to the pilots by the AFAP. Thanks to A Patterson's list it is easily demonstrated that the "dribble" of foreign pilots you referred to earlier was indeed a flood and at the very time when the AFAP lied that there were none.. .. .Enjoy your retirement.. . . . <small>[ 03 March 2002, 13:07: Message edited by: Flat Side Up ]</small>