PAF continues to produce exactly the same flawed argument over and over again:
My problem is the ethics behind the decision to harm the general public by the Engineer's union. I have a problem with how you are dealing with your problem!
You may make arguments that management have done the wrong thing by you, but an ethical decision making process doesn't support your decision to harm others in your attempt to harm management.
You always conveniently forget to reverse your own argument and apply/impose the same requirements on management that you prescribe for unions..
The Management of Qantas has no compunction whatsoever about "harming the General Public", whether by industrial dispute or normal operational practice. Nor do they engage in the "ethical decision making practice" you wish to foist on Unions.
Qantas, even without industrial action, cancels flights at will "harming the general public" in the process. In fact CASA neatly sidestepped one of the requirements of an RPT licence for both Ansett and Qantas around 1979 - by specifically allowing "yield management" (cancellation of under loaded flights), which in theory is not allowed by the terms of the licence which requires airlines to operate to schedule.
You even have the CEO of Qantas, Geoff Dixon, reiterating that his one duty is to
Qantas Shareholders, no mention of a duty to the general public there.
Qantas saw this dispute coming. They were warned, they were pleaded with, yet they still did nothing to avoid it, even foregoing the opportunity of further meetings and negotiations. They have deliberately and coldly f**ed the LAMES around for Eighteen months. That's not "ethical" under your prescription.
As for your nonsensical suggestion that people just walk and find a new job, that's just stupid in the short term. In economic terms its a lose/lose situation. Qantas has to incur costs for recruitment, selection and training, then incurs further costs as its new staff start at the top of "the learning curve" and have to work their way down to reach peak efficiency (you are aware of learning curves I take it?). Similar costs obtain for the employee who leaves.
The obvious solution then, in Frozo land, since no one wants the public to be harmed by strike action and mass resignations are damaging to both company and employee, is to appoint an independent arbitrator whose decisions are binding on all parties.............
.....Oh wait! ..........We had that!