Interesting times with the recession only just starting to hit nz
Actually, we're just starting to recover from it (maybe) - NZ went into negative growth in Q1 last year, and therefore technically into recession in Q3, so it's been quite a period of harsh economics already for us.
if it saves our jobs and makes the group more profitable then bring it on
Certainly it would make the group more profitable, but by definition that means it will cause the loss of some jobs - that would be the main reason for doing it. The current situation is inefficient in terms of labour - not only in flight ops, but also engineering, airline ops, and airport services.