No Qantas mainline 737 pilots operated trans-Tasman and domestic NZ flights as a normal part of patterns of flying originating in their home base.
Better do you homework there fella, perhaps ask your union reps, you might get a nasty surprise.
Oh well, so it has been a "LABOUR HIRE" company as you desperately cling to. A Labour hire company that was set up by Qantas ten years ago in New Zealand running domestic routes having nothing to do with Australia other than Australian pilots flying the aircraft and yes Qantas mainline B737 pilots doing secondment flying. Check your facts mate. Also there was two mainline captains working for Jetconnect as little as three years ago.
Looks like this little NZ holiday for the boys is coming back to bite you in the ass!
I Just love carma, it's classic how the Mighty Qantas pilots can fly anywhere in the world and take everyone else's flying but when the shoes on the other foot! Ain't the truth a bummer.
No matter how hard you complain about the current situation, you blokes designed it!