Qantas announcement today

[Worrals in the wilds]

Let's be careful on that one. Court Lawyers (Barristers) are tested every single time they appear for a client. Do well? The client walks free. Do badly? They do time. Of course the client may be right for it, but maybe they weren't. That's the burden a Barrister carries every with every guilty verdict. (agree re the Judges re-certifying, btw). As for doctors, the outcomes can be even worse, speaking as someone who lost a close relative to medical malpractice.

Don't lose sight of the key issues and get caught up in a "They earn" bitch fight. The figures quoted in the press irt to pilots and LAMEs are clearly wrong. However, what's a lawyer earn? I'll bet that a number of readers will say 'over a million.' This may be correct for a few Melbourne/Sydney silks but for the most part...they earn about what you do. No more, no less. This is about aviation, not other professions.

Don't get sidetracked by subverts and managers who question your skills, because all that happens is that all workers (and I include professionals in that, much as they'd like to dispute it ) get shafted by their employers, whether they be private or government. One of the problems lawyers in this state face is; they have no Union. They have no-one to speak on their behalf (apart from the various 'associations' who are busy with their own problems) so they get shafted. They won't tell you that because...they're lawyers. .