Well said LC.
Dr Smith... If QF does go ahead and send S/Os back to GA as instructors Aipa will have no choice but to be involved.
IMHO, Aipa will be of little use initially in dealing with anything outside of their sphere of operations. However times do change and now, what they thought could never hurt them, is biting them on the backside they too must react.
The days of a guaranteed management position in QF following your stint as Aipa president should be well and truly over.