So far the QF spin has concentrated purely on the pilots list of claims, and let me tell you there aren't that many.
I'd like to see AIPA, in due course, present the companies list of claims for all to see, and let me tell you there are many!
More importantly, have it presented in a fashion that joe public can understand.
Any one of the pilots 'audacious' claims can be easily countered with some of the immoral demands the company is placing on the pilot negotiating table.
I have to agree that perception is everything. 99% of the population take on face value what they hear via various media outlets. Why wouldn't they? We just have to make sure that when we are given an opportunity, be it TV, radio or print media, we dispatch the obvious untruths to the gutter where they belong a little better than we have been doing recently.