Or as Captain A J stillwell, President of the Australian Federation of Air Pilots '67-'72 once said in a speech,
"It is possible to run an airline with bad management/pilot relationships. To run a successful airline requires 100% co-operation between management and pilots."
Unfortunately Qantas group management's concept of co-operation is "my way or the highway, and their concept of a highway is a one-way street!"
Kelly you are very quick to tell Qantas pilots to accept lower pay and conditions as a panacea for the company's ills and as the only way to salvation. I assume you are either management or a JetStar management wannabe corridor crawler. So tell me, since JetStar New Zealand offers lower pay and conditions than Jet Star Australia or Jetstar Singapore ,why haven't you gone and accepted a job with them . ??????
PS in answer to your question reference the MOU.
This is with a straight face,
ASK MANAGEMENT WHY THEY WON"T HONOUR IT!
PPS the answer has been given elsewhere.
Have a look at the changes in the Australian Industrial arena.
I suppose that's the pilot's fault too is it?