It's a great comparison. Air NZ want to have their cake and eat it too. When the turbo props are buzzing in and out of all the regional towns in NZ they enjoy having their brand visible on the tail yet when it comes to T&C , meal allowences etc they enjoy reminding crew that we are four completely seperate companies.
Why not have the same meal allowences paid to a dash crew as a jet crew? I'm pretty sure I eat the same amount now as when I was flying a dash.....it's just that it seems to stay with me longer.