Cheaper does not necessarily mean better and nor does more expensive guarantee a better product...
That being the case, then why
wouldn't Dixon want to have his pilots on similar salaries?
However - If QF Pilot Terms and Conditions are reduced, you can bet there will be the same downwards pressure applied to Virgin, Jetstar, Eastern, NJS, all GA operators...etc etc...
Get my drift!
No, I don't.
What makes you think QF pilots should be on higher salaries than their domestic counterparts? Just because the T & C's of QF pilots are knocked back, it doesn't mean that those of (say)
VB, Jetstar etc, are going to stay pegged in the ratio at which they were before (which is what you seem to think).
There are lots of pilots in the world who fly in far more demanding conditions, day in-day out, than the QF,
VB, and Jetstar pilots.
Dixon is seeking parity of conditions for the QF pilots, with the other Australian pilots (at the moment.)
The sooner the lot of you realise you ALL need to unify, the better of you're ALL going to be, imho.