Jake, the current AIPA leaders were obviously not thought of poorly by the overwhelming majority of QF pilots who elected them (if you don't understand the term 'overwhelming', perhaps you could post the relevant AIPA COM election results onto PPRUNE for the benefit of the uninformed, along with annotations of which 'side' they belonged to?).
I also find it a little bit hypocritical that current QF managment might consider them 'morally bankrupt'. Anecdotally (and I'm sure you're not one for anecdotes), a disturbingly large proportion of QF pilots I've spoken to in recent months tend to share this sentiment.
Also, just for my benefit because I'm a bit dim, could you please quantify - perhaps using Jetstar as an example - how 'negotiation' by the previous AIPA reps has protected and/or furthered mainline pilot pay, conditions, and career prospects?