Kapt M
You are either in jest or an idealist.
The resources of APA were wasted on senior pilots feuding over seniority issues for many years.An example,who gets the BNE 767 Command?A fellow with no Ansett experience but signed the dotted line a week before a returnee who had 20years of previous AN experience.
It was look out for ones interests.
As far as financially stricken pilots go it was probably not to the same extent as 89.AN pilots were highly paid in a bull market(many pilot`s equity in their own home equivalent to a small lotto win) and SEESA payments in the hand amounted to near 50K for most junior F/Os.
I alluded to a different culture earlier,surely you have heard snippets yourselves as to the differences.