Gearing up for Asia.
Yep.
MM who runs the Longhaul FAAA can be counted on by QF to offer no impediments to their continued offshoring.
To do so might damage the special "relationship" he has with management.
Just what he leverages off that relationship I'll leave for others to decide but I always found it interesting that he was promoted to CSM not long after our last EBA [Massive QF savings] despite not having worked on an aircraft for many, many years.
LL's recent promotion to CSM I'd suggest is just as, "interesting".
MM's dictatorship of the FAAA means nothing they do or say can damage his relationship......