not liking the "wood pecker ' myself and alll the stuff ups but lets just take a minute and remember;
howard's (cronies)brought in the Oz/Nz open sky agreement opening the way for the 2 majors to drive down wages and conditions for pilots and aviation workers in Oz. the major benefactor was/is nz aviation. letting every major airline in and expand almost limitless their landing slots has increased competition which is good for customers but standards have slipped greatly.
no other country (with a domestic network) has such an open sky as Oz. the government (last and present) have not invested in aviation infrastructure.
the mad monk is going to cut even more from the aviation community. and if anyone thinks he is in favour of pilots/aviation community etc.,think again. 11 years in office and the never ending reform process is still going (even having the house of reps and senate under their control). just look at his potential aviation minister WT. he was an absolute joke last time and if anyone thinks there is a change, think again. gives Mark L statement of not voting at all reason to think about
