Peg.. few questions/comments
You said:
"If you want to get better conditions the solidarity of the union is the only thing that will achieve it. If you are not FAAA members then your conditions will never improve."
I don't think the Union heard any complaints from any QCCA crew members when the alphabetic system was introduced. The only thing the FAAA was concerned about was QFA, QCCA were quite happy having seniority taken from under QFA's feet in order to have an equal chance of workplace allocation.
You said:
"QCCA crew have promotional opportunities that would not be there in MAM , they get the same annual leave and Long Service leave as QAL crew, Same meal allowances etc ...all fought for in the negotiations by the FAAA."
It doesn't take a mathemation to calculate that company preffer QCCA for promotional positions when they can pay them 50k to do the job rather than 100k. Look at the entry level for flight attendants now compared to what QFA get at entry level.
Seriously, if the union wants to keep QCCA members I suggest they think of something very fast. Pretty bad if they gave crew 3 months free membership and didn't even prove their worthiness to them in that time by favouring QFA.