Well said ITZ.
Barring world wide down turns in Aviation, experienced aviators are usually sought after and are in very high demand around the globe at the moment.
If more ozzi pilots were brave enough to venture else where for better conditions then the rest remaining in Oz would have a much better chance at maintaining or bettering their current T&Cs as well.
IMHO we generally don't want to ever give up and admit defeat as professional aviator so it becomes very difficult to say enough is enough and bugger off some where else. Seniority, a belief that our union will make it better, or that eventually our boss will see it our way all contribute to our intransigence as a group. The end result is a career filled with bitching and whinging and an inability to enjoy our hard earned jobs that really should be enjoyable.
There is life outside your national airline and you are not sentenced to life without parole. No where is perfect but there are plenty of opportunities to enjoy your jobs elsewhere guys. Life is to short to spend it bitter and twisted.
Remember that most of us will work until we retire, then shortly there after we die.
