Sorry Oriana , have to disagree.
Jetstar was Geoffs bastard love child.
A reflection of it's creators ,life given unto it as a result of WorkChoices.
Qantas pilots were never given a chance to participate in any Board decisions to "take on' the likes of Virgin.In fact Qantas pilots were actively lied to and manipulated by management during the creation of JetStar.
Is it any wonder there is underlying resentment there amongst Mainline pilots,particularly when there was already a Qantas sanctioned "lower cost model" under way in the form of 'Australian Airlines' in Cairns.
Who's to say AIPA and Qantas pilots would not have rallied to make a go of that model when things got tough?
Then along came WorkChoices and Dixon saw a way to circumvent the Unions and force workers onto AWA's , boast about the lower cost structures ,the efficiency gains etc,etc, I wonder what that would have done for the share price and the APA bid and senior managements pockets if all had panned out as hoped for,well that appears to have been the plan. A plan that has not exactly gone as envisaged.
So don't give me that crap about dinosaur's etc, it doesn't wash.
There will be a realignment of conditions and expectations, yet for most people an evolutionary rate is easier for people to get used to,or at least can be bought along with the realisation, However ,Dixon ,through WorkChoices and a compliant government saw a way to force "revolutionary" change on the Australian workforce, that is why Jetstar is here. That is why Management created Jetstar and why they are looking to NZ to further screw down wages and conditions, because they can. Doesn't mean they are right though, and doesn't mean Qantas pilots can't change if given a chance.