Hi All and best wishes for 08,
You chaps in Oz should maybe call on IFALPA to assist in this regard in a similar fashion to what happened at Cathay some years back with the ban on recruitment. Its a bit of a tall order considering that the airline industry has evolved to the point where low cost outfits are only going to pay so much and no more based on their business model and cost structure. I don't think that we as crew have too much pull here, costs are costs.
I hope that you guys sort it out domestically and none of us has to migrate out there to spoil the party. Trouble with these things as usual is the employement side of the setup is much the same as the nature of the business itself.........a free market.
Adios..