Maui,
Largely fiction and over emphasised.
This is now, with different heads in AIPA.
Whatever the management of a union it is the will of the pilots that is the most important thing.
Most QF pilots simply want our pay/conditions/progression protected.
The company will not discuss any joining of the crews so as to divide and conquer, meanwhile QF crews[and I pesume Jetstar ones] are heading overseas to greener pastures.
Supply and demand will work in the end, even if most of us end up working for overseas carriers!