Pilots of Australia - time to unite - Meeting Aug 23

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Do they do a medical each year in order to keep their job.
Do they do multiple training events.
Do they have a simulator assessment that requires a pass in order to keep their job.
Do they spend upwards of 50% of their employment away from home.
Do they work at any hours their employer requires.
Do they get rostered to work any day of the year?

Do they have to work behind a bullet proof door for the saftey of the public?
Are they subject to radiation for long periods of their career?
Are they subject to toxins from their airconditioning systems?
Are they subjected to random drug and alcohol tests?
Are they subject to daily security checks whilst being required to hold an ASIC?

Do they have to manage a crew of 3 to 25 employees in an pressurised aluminium tube travelling at close to the speed of sound at 40000 feet over vaste oceans and polar regions, through international airspace subject to weather events relying on a mechanical miracle worth hundreds of millions of dollars and with the companies existance at stake with up to 450 fare paying passsengers with families waiting at home for their safe passage?

We do need a PR company to represent us because that is not our skill set.