Check Essential.....thinking such as that the reason the industry is in the shape it is.
I've been in the industry just as long - so what! I have seen it slide downhill and that is a sad thing. Myopic and selfish pilots in some cases only have themselves to blame fo the degradation of working conditions.
If you had read the bit "Now of course, everybody in QF knows somebody who is unemployed ex AN or pilots still working in the bush after 10 years and management are too happy to tell you that the future is lower salaries and higher productivity ala Virgin Blue. " you would see that I completely understand that scenario. Have been there myself also.
If you also read the post careully, you will notice that the future of QF does not effect me one bit (I have most assuredly P--SSED OFF). I do howwever have a simple desire to see the lot of professional pilots in this country improve, in spite of the actions of a few who would try to stop that.