Day 2 of the New Year and already the Kangaroo has announced that it is considering axing its SYD-BOM-SYD service and puting Jetstar A330's on the run. Newspaper article available here:
Pilots dispute may force Qantas to cut Mumbai service | The Australian
Is something more for you to include in your thoughts about '
whether Qantas will go with the long haul LCC model or somehow merge with other legacy airlines;' when you recover from your NY celebrations Struggling.
Reckon it will be but one of a number of 2009 schedule changes myself. All of which will have very little, if anything much, to do with the comparative costs of Qantas and Jetstar pilots and a lot do with decisions Qantas must make to survive the GFC and merge it's European ops.
PS: No prize for you 'What The....' Please sursprise us all and let us have your take on 2009 Trials and Tribulations confronting Australian aviation.