Firstly, for those so interested in the legal basis for AIPA's previous action in relation to breaches of the QSA, here's the link to AIPA's supplementary submission to the Senate inquiry on Sen Fielding's amendment to the QSA in 2007:
Parliament of Australia:Senate:Committees
conomics: Inquiry into the Qantas Sale (Keep Jetstar Australian) Amendment Bill 2007 - Submissions received
Go to page 29 of AIPA's supplementary submission.
Bret Walker's opinion was the second - and confirming opinion - that Qantas was likely breaching the Sale Act.
Secondly, and to be fair to the AIPA President, he discontinued the court case because he had won the Presidency on a platform of "if we're nice to them, they'll be nice to us". Politically, he needed to follow through on that to keep faith with the 20-odd COM members who had elected him President.
Unfortunately, the deal he agreed on with Strambi that saw the Sale Act case dropped, was later ignored by Qantas.
Rumour is, the President may be a big enough man to resume the case. I have some confidence that it may be so.
Toodle-pip . . . must fly.