Once upon a time the Qantas regionals, SSA, EAA, and SAA, thought they had a future growing into bigger and better things, then along comes Impulse with a bunch of pilots who would do anything to keep their jobs. GOD being the cunning person he is sees an opportunity to screw pilots wages and conditions, and the fact that Impulse was going broke posed an opportunity he could not resist, he pays off old GM and allows Impulse to trade as Qantaslink, giving them shiny new jets, thereby destroying any aspirations the regional pilots had of getting into a jet. These desperate pilots do a deal for themselves for free endorsements (some had already paid for B1900 endorsement) but any new employees had to pay, they also stitch up a deal for themselves only, for numbers in QF. J* is born. These pilots are paranoid, everyone is out to get them, the company will close down and they will be all out of work if they don’t accept the pay and conditions offered. The company is also cunning enough to foster this paranoia by hiring form the regionals (who are paid less than J*) and ex Ansett pilots (some post 89). AIPA had for years fostered a better than thou attitude now saw the erosion of there futures and started suggesting that they had a right to operate all things new after all they had passed the TEST to become Qantas Pilots.
So J* has now curtailed the futures of the regionals and Mainline and will continue to do so until AIPA produces a document that clearly states what it believes in and that it recognizes all Qantas employed pilots and their years of service.