All this posturing between JetStar and Qantas pilots, very much like a hillbilly shotgun wedding! Each clan equally distrustful of the other, however they are forced to put up with each other due to the forced nuptuals.
Yes, there has been things said from both sides,however I truely think that there could be a future of mutual trust and understanding if we could all just bury the tribalism for a moment.
The only ones winning out of all this, is the peanut gallery management who are sh!t stirring from the side lines.
The last thing we want to see is a feud of the Hatfield and the McCoys proportions, we all know how that went.
Here's a suggestion, how about AIPA and the JPC liaising and lets say we all arrange a Saturday soon,say at the Coogee Bay pub or somewhere. All Qantas ,JetStar, Virgin and whoever else is in town, pilots welcome.
Get to meet a few of your fellow aviators in a social context, egos left at the door if you please.
Reminds me of the esprit de corps that used to exist pre that event which shall not be mentioned.
Who knows you might discover the chap or chapet sitting in the other flight deck might not have two heads after all.
