It is time Qantas stops wasting its time paying "Old Meadow" all this money and re-engage with its workers to come up with a solution.
I think If Qantas wanted to, I know the boys in Engineering would be more then happy to draft up a future plan to include;
-Long term 3rd party contracts with foreign operators
-A sustainable future for Qantas and Qantas Engineering
-Re-gain that Qantas image it once had of been the safest airline in the world.
- Be competitive and at the same time a great place to work and earn a decent wage/salary.
-Draw up a future plan to strive towards.
It is not that hard to invest in the people that work for the airline, instead of wasting time and money with a contractor that gets off on seeing the demise of Qantas, does Qantas realise he is being paid by another airline to damage its image.....