They did support their domestic colleagues but only passively, by not operating extra sectors. QF pilots also happily accepted 'encrustations' from what had been the domestic Australian Airlines into their ranks. The QANTAS group also employs ex Ansett *'heroes' in the upper echelons of Jetstar. It will be interesting to see how these boys conduct themselves again if and when it comes to a 'stoush'.
While the ranks of 'eighty niners' in CX diminish annually, it was an event that had ramifications for two decades regarding pilot supply in many parts of the world, and it certainly got CX out of a crewing problem.
If QF pilots hadn't been such a bunch of 'wieners' 21 years ago would things be different now? Opinions would be welcome.
*For those who weren't there, the Prime Minister of the day referred to the pilots who 'went back' as 'heroes'; after he had exacerbated the dispute by calling us 'bus drivers'!
Last edited by Captain Dart; 28th May 2011 at 10:59.