87% in any ballot is not suprising, it is astonishing! It is the purist exclamation of unity. The 13% whom voted NO should now feel secure to come to the front line. Courage is now something we all share. When the scaremongers tout the companies retaliatory plans, ask but one question of yourself. Are they sustainable? The answer quite simply is 'go fark yourself'. This current management are fast making the sequel to 'Bye Bye Johnny'. Big mouths, no ears, void of social conscience, and disrespecting those that matter. Now they have picked this fight over 2%, priorities must be weighed. The fact's are that the DIFFERENCE between what 1700 workers are asking for, and what the company has offered, is considerably less than the CEO on QF's board takes in one year with bolt on's. That's right, it's pocket change! Get your company annual statements out, then multiply 1700 by an average of $85k and get 2% of that. Anybody who gives the king of the castle, JD, any credit of control in this dispute are misinformed. Watch the share price, it's our WORM. Rigged? The pot calling the kettle black. Victory will be delivered when the 'big brother' CEO's of the Investment firms with money in Qantas come a calling. The question will be 'how much do they want'. A swift slap behind the earhole will be heard for miles as the egotistical CEO is pulled into line. Do the figures again! Share price slips 40cents and big brother has 40million shares. An unnecessary brawl. Big brother's portfolio just slipped $16m. How much were they asking for again! If the egotistic CEO turns out to be manic and doesn't 'fix it' two things happen. They sell or he resigns. GD, stash your dreams of being the next Chris Corrigan, leave that for the next liberal government. Deflate your chest and get back to reality. Your shareholder's will not tolerate you stoking your ego with their money. Remember, this is Qantas. Bigger than one man's ego! Qantas' future is at all our heart's. Now go out their and condition your shareholders to understand that Aircraft Maint is expensive! We will get on with the job of ensuring the travelling public's safety. Cheers Merry Christmas