Where is the AFAP ?!
IF I were a REX pilot, I would be outraged at the slur cast upon you all by the media, which is being fed this bullsh!t from management. I was almost sick last night listening to channel ten commentators all but blame pilots for throwing regional australia into disarray (see, I can do it too!).
To say that services are being cancelled because pilots are calling in sick, and that other airlines are "poaching" your staff is despicable. The AFAP should be in there DEMANDING that management apologise to the pilots for the light they have cast them in, and to start standing up and taking account for their own actions in letting staff numbers dwindle to what they are.
AFAP.... grow some kahunas and stand up for someone OTHER than management for once!!!