What I don't understand is, when a negotiation is taking place and a management group is dicking around (don't laugh Eagle and the rest of AirNZ you'll all find out soon enough) Why doesn't the employee representative just say, "right, our action will continue as usuall but if the rubbish in the media and the dirty tactics don't stop we will increase our demand from 4.8 up to 5.5% and if this isn't resolved by next month..its 6%"
The pilot group is right in this case and the management group are just trying to show the rest of AirNZ that they won't fold easily (with other negotiations just around the corner)