I think Posters are reading too much into the Jetconnect circus.
Now that Jetstar NZ are in the play at a cheaper cost base, coupled with Mr Joyce indicating more cuts, I can see the Jetstar NZ guys flying the Tasman and Jetconnect being folded. The Jetconnect scale is not there to deliver any benefit to QF - other than the strategic
"race to the bottom" which is also obsolete as that mantra is now carried by Jetstar NZ!!
It wouldn't take much for our AIPA leaders to show sound financial cost comparisons and re-gain that flying - at least for the short term.