FYI... The ALPA strike notice was issued well before the Airbus purchase announcement. It's not about a new type nor new pay, it's about protecting our present conditions. Most employees would accept a wage freeze for 12 months to help Air NZ out, but this isn't enough, the management want more, more more. (and then some) On one hand they crow at how well they have turned the company fortunes around, but then it's oh..times are tough..we all have to make sacrifices..blah blah blah. We've heard it all before.
As far as Air NZ taking a 737 load of spare parts out of AN, this may or may not be true, but even if it was, the value of a 10 747s full of spares would be far less than the millions NZ put into AN to keep it running for the last few months. Save your vitriol for the former management The Air NZ rank & file; pilots, hosties, engineers, ground staff etc, they didn't want AN to go under and nor did they cause it. Yes, we are grateful to have a job when many others across the ditch don't, but that doesn't mean we are going to bend over and take it up the tailpipe from a bunch of management you-know-whats.
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