Why self destruct?
I hear what you are saying and believe me, I LOVE engineers compared with pilots. However this thread, in common with another close by seems to be pushing the view that Qantas just wants to piss all its employees off to the extent that they all leave.
I ask you, why would they do that considering all the consequences that you keep pointing out? They MUST be aware of them. It just doesn't make sense.
Many employers I know would crawl over broken glass to keep the kind of blokes you all say you are.
It would be a completely counter productive management strategy, even IF they intend to go to Asia.
So why don't you come up with an explanation to us uninformed as to why they would want to self destruct and perhaps be even risking the loss of a plane?
BP