Anyone in here actually reading Lowerlobe's constant anti, Qantas anti FAAA diatribe might actually believe he was unbalanced.
Clearly that is not the case as he has an equally maginficent sized chip on each shoulder. One for qantas and one for the FAAA.
Lowerlobe is not a happy person and tries to convince the small audience on here that somehow he is representative of the wider crew community.
Let's just face facts.
Lowerlobe told us in unequivocal terms that the vote on the JFK dispensation would be defeated- result 71% voted for it. Not because they liked the idea of such an arduous tour of duty but because unlike lowerlobe (or should i say King Canute) by merely saying no to something does not stop the tide from coming in.
In relation to the IFE. It was the FAAA that commented in every major metropolitan newspaper about the IFE failures and the effect on crew. Lowerlobe hears one of many radio interviews and because its not full of the vile anti Qantas bile that fills his world its somehow some giant sellout.
The reality is that some good may well come of the public airing of this issue by the FAAA, which is certainly more than Lowerlobe has ever done on any issue.
The King canute (lowerlobe) solution to all problems is not to try and negotiate some middle ground but to go for broke on everything and have some win or a complete loss potentially at any cost. A phirric victory will not ensure the relevance of the Long Haul Division or an EBA8 as opposed to an AWA.
A vote for King Canute is clearly a vote for making yourself irrelevant.
You have to be AT the table to negotiate. And the last time the FAAA negotiated with Qantas King Canute wasnt there or at any FAAA meetings because more than likely his highness is not a member and hides behind anonymity whist pillorying those who put their names to everything as elected officials.
The real Braveheart