The situation was............
Every time an aircraft went U/S Engineers from around Aus would flock to it JUST TO GET IT FIXED be it on normal time or overtime we can't help ourselves we love fixing things but..........
When you give us no respect, no future and no recognition we don't like it, it takes a while to sink in, we still love fixing aircraft but we get more and more unhappy finally............
When you get to a stage where even engineers are disenchanted enough you know the place is falling down around your ears we are at that stage........
I don't know all the answers but a change of management would go a long to solving this disharmony and unfortunately the fish always stinks from the head............
On average an engineer will stay 34 years with Qantas, managers barely last 10, the scars of this latest dispute will be borne by all for many years to come.............
And we will not forget