Sexy time wrote: "and please don't insult us by defending any Freedom employees - they got what they signed up for - sorry the pilots ended up getting far more than they deserved!!"
You sir, are a cock. If you sign a contract does that mean you have to give up all rights to negotiate a new one when it expires? Those FAs could be doing their Air NZ shorthaul colleagues a big favour....especially if the fleet review ends up going Airbus for the domestic operation. Who would be surplus to requirements then?
And the Freedom pilots got exactly what they negotiated, with ALPA's assistance. Was it deserved? Depends how you define it, but I bet they could hardly believe their luck. Good for them. You sound jealous. Perhaps you should have joined Freedom and then you would have the same deal.
Life is about choices....sometimes they work out well, other times they dont. If your's didn't, don't begrudge others just because their's did!!