Some of these "wannabies are buying jet endorsements, and the race for the bottom has started.
Bushy, that race has been on for years. Arguably it started the day that Virgin Blue commenced operations and has been gaining pace ever since.
IMHO, if more people said no to the sandwiches, then eventually they will come off the menu.
This argument started about the same time but, universally, was cried down by the wannabes who accused those in the high-paying jobs of being silvertails who only wanted to cover their own butts. How dare some highly paid Qantas pilot suggest that others should not improve their lot from GA because they don't want their overbloated T&Cs eroded. Go back a few years on PPRuNe and read the threads and responses that suggested that nobody should accept employment in Jetstar/VOz.
Some of these former wannabe pilots now even gloat about the fact that Qantas is an endangered species (even though their own T&Cs would never improve if Qantas were to disappear) - such is the depth of disunity, disharmony and malice in this industry!! Maybe those who accepted the "sandwich" are finally feeling threatened because of the entities (Jetstar NZ/Asia, for example) that have been created to undercut them.
For this industry to have any future, a single pilot union is not only desirable ... it is essential!!!