From an outsiders point of view the Jetconnect pilots, and any other second tear pilots for that matter, have every right to the jobs they have. When a new airline recruits a pilot base there is not the numbers nor the unity to bargain for QF mainline type T & C's. That would have had to have come from the QF mainline pilots at the time. Now its too late.
The jobs were there, they had bills to pay and family to support, and that's that. Its no good dumping on them. The fact is they are helping to keep the whole show somewhere near viable and therefore should be congratulated. The off-shoring of labour has been going on for years and if we stop business from doing it they'll eventually get eaten up. If you want it run by the pilots for the pilots then get together and buy it out. On the other hand you've got your job's now and you'll be OK so ride the wave. Tomorrow the surf will be lower!
SN