Justa question for you 3 holer. How many of the 4 airlines - Ansett, Australian, East-West, and IPEC - are around today to boast of that "victory" over the pilots?
The answer is NOT ONE.
Rather than negotiate with the pilots union - the AFAP, which by the way IS still alive and well, AND represents the ONLY all domestic Australian airline pilots (Virgin Blue) - the management of those 4 airlines killed the very companies for which purportedly ran.
Let no-one hold the Australian dispute as an example of successful anti-union strategy. It was a grand example of irresponsible management that baited their workers and then refused discusssion. The result was the demise of the companies - NOT the union that represented the pilots. The "manager" of Ansett at the time, Graeme MacMahon now works behind a bar at a Melbourne football club, whilst the majority of the 78% of pilots who didn`t scab found airline employment overseas - a percentage of these have since returned to fly for Virgin Blue.
It`s obvious that the CX management feel they can also gain a "victory", however the AOA has still not used the full complement of artillery available to them, and in a war of attrition and guerilla-style tactics by the HKAOA, the management have apparently lost their sense of responsibility to the company and ultimately their OWN security.