" The Jetconnect pilots received a terse reply from the then AIPA president " Oh really would love to see a copy . The fact of the matter was there was a perfectly good NZ pliots association and AIPA had no legal coverage of NZ pilots at all. They also would have seriously alienated the NZALPA by attempting to poach pilots from their backyard .Qantas pilots are upset because 737 pilots and 767 pilots are sitting on assigned leave and are currently being demoted to lower ranks and pay because of the establishment of Jetconnect . Mr 19000 hours ...( I only have 14000 and am an FO with 16 years service in Qantas so what would I know) hangs his hat on his experience , sadly those hours haven't gifted him much wisdom . If he joined Qantas in 2002 he would be a second officer . Mainly because he would have seen all of his career advancement farmed out to outfits like the one he is now in . The argument isnt with him it is with a short sighted qantas management who hate Australia and the industrial system we have to assure a reasonable standard of living in this country .