and the Company partially funded this up
Lawrie, that's not correct.
Fitzsimons and Coysh probably told you that, but not correct.
Qantas guaranteed the AIPA Loss of Licence scheme until it was up and running, at no cost to Qantas. Pilots who weren't interested in the politics only cared about the AFAP LOL scheme. If the pilot wasn't a member of the AFAP then he couldn't be a member of the Mutual benefit Fund. Westwood needed to cover this point off to get those pilots to vote "yes".
Cant actually opposed the breakaway as he was the VP International and put himself at odds with the Overseas branch so it is inaccurate and unfair to attribute anything in the breakaway to him. Yes, he jumped ship when the majority voted to go.