The FAAA's issue with the IFE is and will continue to be the affect on the crew.
The reliability issues are well known. It is not in the FAAA's interests to turn passengers off travelling with Qantas. That would not be in the interests of job security.
But as speedbirdhouse pointed out in another post the FAAA - International Division has commented publicy on a range of issues in relation to IFE and the effects on the crew.
When being interviewed on live radio its not in the interests of FAAA members to be seen to be bagging the **** out of Qantas and the IFE that passengers travel with someone else. I thought it was fairly balanced and the FAAA has some credibility with the members for raising this issue.
I note that the Domestic division dont send out newsletters or comment publicly on anything at all. Look at their website, if in doubt.
Wait till you see what comes out of the FAAA raising this issue both publicly and with the company in terms of what things are put in place for crew to help deal with the issues facing crew.
The FAAA cannot fix the IFE or convince Qantas to spend 100 million to replace it but they publicly speak to the stress that it places on crew.
Anyone that wants to suggest what the FAAA should be saying publicly on this issue should have regard to a range of flow on effects.
Or they could just do what the domestic division does...NOTHING about ANYTHING