Don, AO was set up to be a 'low cost full service international carrier'. Different aircraft, uniforms, AOC, routes, etc. I agreed with the process to secure this flying for QF drivers.
However the premise that AO was set up on no longer exists and AO is now flying mainline aircraft (all the GE 767s are on the AOC), in mainline colours, mainline uniforms, mainline routes, mainline service, etc. That is what makes it a trojan horse and this is what I object to. I'd like to see the crew come back under the same terms and conditions that the rest of QF 767 drivers are getting.
I'll be equally cranky when in a few years time J* International gets re-badged as QF. Yet another example of a trojan horse.
Clear yet?