Xenophon Private Members Bill - Foreign Crews

[Worrals in the wilds]

Fair enough Seabreeze, but I think it's easy for 'experts' to gaily predict doom and gloom here and in the press because it doesn't affect them. If it affected their industry, their pay or their conditions they wouldn't be so quick to tell us all to put up and shut up.

The more often 'experts' jump up in the press and predict doom and gloom (Geoffery Thomas on Sunrise for example) it makes the IR war harder and gives these companies more confidence to behave like erks, because the 'experts' are supporting them. Actually Douglas wasn't as anti-worker as some, and at least supports consistent safety and work standards for F/As no matter what their home port is.

I quite agree that CASA should be looking at fatigue issues across the whole industry. Qantas aren't a foreign company (yet ) however much they pretend, and they should be answerable to the Australian government.