I just went to that link and had a read as well SharkP.
One person said they have always believed that salaries should be "rational" the response by another poster was;
Quoting ILUV767 (Reply 24):
I've always felt that pay should be rational.
And rational means let the market forces dictate the pay.
It made me think that the problem lies in the fact that the market place has changed, the QF longhaul salaries
were rational in a market where the labour supply was limited to Australia. Now , (rightly or wrongly) it is not. The labour market has gone global. So in that respect, the QF pilots are not fighting their management, they are fighting legislation that has changed the limits of the labour market place.
Does that sound like a fair summary to anyone?