This econimic melt down is only going to improve our T & C's in the long run. You think about it, as we navigate these troubled times, more people will be leave the industry, the terms and conditions for Contollers and Pilots will get worse in the short term, even less young kids will choose aviation as a career choise because of the sh^t T & C's and when we come out the other side of this mess and the economy rockets again, there will be even less pilots, less ATC personel and even less Engineers. I reckon all this mess is fantastic, the industry will have marketed itself out of technical people.
Australia needs approximately another 7000 pilots by 2020, no hope! I could only imagine how many Engineers and ATC's are needed. SHOW ME THE MONEY!
"Would anyone like popcorn or fairy floss while they watch this show".