It seems there are two different strategies in the Oz scene.
Qf group
Va group
The qf group is openly adversarial with all employees. They use aggression and bullyboy tactics. The Va group have the complete opposite however they are not push overs by any stretch of the imagination on ir matters (see 777 eba). The first group has disengaged nearly every staff member. The second has nearly all staff on side bar those involved in the eba process.
The question is which approach wins? It's a question raised in the AFR article from 14-15 May titled:"Hardball tactics deliver rough ride". Southwest gets a mention as an example. On the oz front its hard to tell who wins as the companies are different. It's not a case of looking at profits as an example.
The only way I could compare apples with apples is imagining owning a small business. I'd prefer to keep my staff on side for 5 years and then drive a hard deal at eba than smash them all day every day.
Just my thoughts.
I suspect the accountants/otp dept are going to be seeing some ugly figures if
this keeps up!