I really hope it doesn't come to flight cancellation/delays but if it does the Australan media will smash the pilots. I can see the scenes now at airports around Australia with the A Current Affair reporters interviewing frothing at the mouth , angry overweight Yanks complaining that this "would never happen back home".
The incorrect public perception of pilots is that of an overpaid elite , jetting around the globe staying in 5 star hotels.The right wing conservative media will follow this line. I can see Mel or Kochie out at SIT now turning the whole thing into some obscene spectator sport not unlike their coverage of the Qld floods or the CHC earthquake.
Only one thing to do. Totally ignore all media coverage. If pilots are seriously concerned what Laws, Jones, Hadley , Grimshaw et al report then you may as well hoist the white flag now.