they (AIPA) stopped them wearing Qantas hats because they weren't real Qantas pilots.
This makes a a good throw away line portraying QF pilots as vain but there is no possible way that Qantas pilots could ever dictate the uniform of another Airline. Think about it for a second. It's just rubbish.
It's like one of those statements added to the end of an urban myth to 'prove' the story.
"And after the dogfood was removed she moved interstate and was never heard from again!"