Mr Paxing,
if it was all about getting young faces on the A380 they would have just continued to compel the QCCA crew (generally younger) onto the A380
The Tri-Partite agreement still give total priority to the QAL LH crew, however the lack of a seniority bid system on A380 is the major inhibitor i understand that.
Therefore if seniority and the bid system is so important its better that the QCCA crew remain in 747 world to prop up the bid system for the junior QAL crew and send the SH crew to A380 land where their seniority will have no impact on the bidding of QAL crew in 747 land
There is no way on earth that the company is going to introduce seniority on the A380. Its going to be fair share and from what i understand the majority of A380 crew at this stage seem to like it. THat may change over time but until there is a groundswell of support for seniority from the A380 crew themselves its not going to happen
No deal in IR is perfect, its about the possible. Its only about what you can get qantas to agree to and they are not going to unpick the eba after 15 months when there are viable alternatives. Hey, if there wasnt Workchoices who knows what might have been possible in negotiations for A380 but you have to play the hand that you are dealt