Shed Dog
That is a very cruel post and unworthy of a professional pilot.
I was not around at the time but I don't think that AIPA wanted to discuss life with the Impulse pilots. What exactly would you have had them do. Resign the moment Qantas bought their company? And has AIPA expelled the myriad QF drivers who transferred across to JQ under the MOA? Do QF drivers refuse to travel on JQ aircraft when they're on hols? Do QF drivers blacklist and refuse to carry JQ code-share passengers. Do QF pilots refuse that protion of their pay packet which is paid for by JQ profits?
The industry would be very different now had AIPA taken a firm stand to support their domestic colleagues in 1989. They didn't and life moved on.
Is this the ideal: that no Australian pilot would have ever joined
VB after Ansett's demise and no Australian pilot would have ever flown for JQ?
Really?