Too many comments from those outside the industry who are wannabe pilots.
Puma Pants, good summary of the Ansett NZ thing...we may have flown together.
To the Air Nelson guys...I don't know all your issues, but I do know how Air NZ managers work. Any good manager would not have allowed things to deteriorate to the current state of affairs. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the way for a company to move forward is to have it's employees on side. This dispute is doing an incredible amount of harm to management/pilot relations. I only hope the company has enough sense to get rid of the manager concerned once this is settled (one way or another)...unlike Ansett NZ who kept the hatchet men on, and the discontent and animosity festered until the end.
Good luck.
DC