http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...-23349,00.html
He said the dispute was particularly wrong, given that oil had reached a record level and the union wanted to break a wages policy that had given Qantas double-digit growth and allowed it to invest $35 billion in new planes and increase jobs by about 10,000.
Somehow I don't recall oil being at record levels back in Jan 07 when the last eba expired.
Do recall reading in the papers though that GD's salary and share bonuses were at record levels.