I think that teaser greene's post is typical of what Qantas is allowing the media to publish.
Most people think that the current engineers dispute is a continuation of the Protected Industrial Action initiated by the ALAEAand that occurred 18 months ago.The company does nothing to correct the media from showing images of AMEs & LAMEs working on aircraft.
The current dispute is between Qantas & APSEMA,who are termed the Professional engineers.These are the suit and tie engineers who work in offices at the main bases.
But what Qantas is allowing to be seen & and not corrected in the media,is the untruth that it is the ALAEA that is indispute.By constantly using the term "engineers", Joe Public believes that all Qantas engineers are taking industrial action,when the truth is probably closer to only about 300 professional engineers.
But then I guess if the media showed a group of guys & gals sitting at desks in an office,answering phones & working on computers,and not pretty pictures of engineers working on aircraft,it would hardly raise an eyebrow with most punters.