Chimbu
QF pilots (with a small number of exceptions) do support the Jet* guys. It's very clear to us that we will not be doing the flying but it is in our interests to assist J* pilots in getting the best possible remuneration for flying widebodies as it reduces the pressure on us during EBA's. We also know that management will tell mainline pilots to fly the B787 for the same rate as J* otherwise more aircraft will be delivered to J* instead of mainline. By the way, in case the J* guys don't know it - QF managements current plan is for the B787-9's which start delivery in 2011 to go to Jetstar with the B787-8's that Jetstar will be flying from 2008 being transferred to QF mainline. The Jetstar fleet will end up being purely -9's so the pay that they agree to now will be the rate for the larger variant which has the most revenue potential and thus allow for higher salaries.
Re your comment wrt the LH EBA and the SIN basings for S/O's. The facts are the QF management was going to proceed with the basings irrespective of the result of the EBA. The "yes" vote resulted in better conditions for the S/O basing than what management were offering - not great conditions, just better conditions. There was nothing in our Certified Agreement that could have prevented them proceeding with the basing so the conclusion, made by some on this forum, that we sold out the S/O's to achieve a pay rise is incorrect.