Well I'll be honest and say that I don't specially enjoy the odd angry feeling that gets stirred up here...and I don't want to spend my Prune time trying to show why we on my side of the fence felt (and feel) betrayed.
But....as there's every chance this ('89) WILL happen again in some way, it's as well for us all (including newcomers) to see what was involved then so that when it happens to them they'll have an idea of what's involved and the threats and issues they'll face.
It is worth keeping the thread open if only as a public display of what professional pilots all know...that we have precious few reliable friends outside of our crew rooms and cockpits and that solidarity is all we have against the ills that will come from management, bean counters, CASA, government, competitors, media etc etc