Am I the only one that thinks Joyce wanted a "suspension" so that he could then keep the airline grounded for non-fwa reasons and start making staff redundant?
I'm sure that's what he meant, but it came out wrong. I think he meant termination of employee contracts with the company, not termination of the PIA (not Pain In A$$, even though that's what it ended up being).
I'm suspecting that there won't be an agreement at the end of 21 days, the "Umpire" will make a ruling, and it will wipe out the current EBA's, starting from that date, no back pay with greatly reduced conditions.
If there does happen to be some dialogue between the warring parties, it will be a flat 2.5% to 3%, end of story. The rest of the log of claims will be discarded, people will go back to work, and QANTAS will be one big happy harmonious family with Alan Joyce steering us into a brighter, stronger and more certain future.