Why is every online pilot forum so full of rubbish?
TwinNDB, have you had any experience with our legal system? You are right in saying that there is due process etc, but unfortunately that takes TIME and MONEY - two things neither AIPA nor Qantas really wants to sacrifice. That is why 'back-door-dealing' has always been the vastly more efficient way of conducting and resolving negotiation. e.g. Settling out of court achieves satisfactory results much faster than sitting in front of a judge. e.g. Diplomatic deal-making by assistants during the coffee breaks rather than during head-of-state summits.
The American style of litigate everything (Be Safe!) isn't the direction we should be encouraging our leaders.