Re Post 216
Dear Fugitive,
You are a FW!
As one of those RAAF Pilots doing the Governments dirty work in 89 I can tell you that there was almost 100% support for the AFAP by the RAAF/RAN Aircrew. After all the AFAP were trying to protect the conditions at airlines we wanted to work for after our time in the Military. Despite most of us receiving direct offers of employment from both airlines (including getting us out of return of service obligations) only a couple of individuals failed the morals test and took up positions. Most of the AN/TN boys were smart enough to realize that:
1. the number of seats we provided was minimal and so did not have a significant effect, and
2. the ADF is not a democracy, you follow orders.
As for the out of town Pilots, The first two batches of America West guys left the jets, packed their bags and went home when they worked out what they had been brought over to do. Subsequent crews only flew in Australia under the threat of dismissal (AW was 25% owned by AN at the time).
I appreciate that other groups may not have been as supportive.