There are plenty of posters looking at life through rose colured glasses , when i started at QF ( 1974) , managemen was hated , we were on strike every week , then their was the cabin crew strike in the early 80s , every union on strike in support , cabin crew poisioning pilots , yes good old days . the company nearelly folde it had so much debt .Then bob Hawke came along and pumped some money in to prop it up and gave them the monaey to buy 747 -400 . Yes , it is easy to forget that Qantas is a great institution , has always provided good wages and conditions ,super long before it was mandated. The bosses have always been bastards , as long as i can rememeber , but please do not lose sight that it has been and continues to be a great Australian company . And i am a union man thru and thru