embarrassment doesn't come into it.
The careers and lives of hundreds of people are being toyed with.
They deserve an answer. Those people don't have access to Cox and he wont give the union a straight answer. What needs to happen is when he is interviewed the right questions are asked. Your average reporter doesn't know the terminology that is used to "spin" the truth when it comes to aviation maintenance and cost cutting. We need to head them in the right direction.
Questions like "When you compare the cost of overseas repair facilities to Australian facilities do you just use the base hourly rate as your comparison or do you compare the rates you are actually charged"
"What steps did you take to improve productivity in Sydney Heavy Maintenance before closing it?"
"Are the OHS requirements the same"