If Qantas puts the short haul award pay rate in the firing line then there will be a mass exodus. Everyones had enough. Going somewhere else is the hot topic and being part of the Red Q crap in Asia is for most the last place they will go. Stupid short term management is already starting to bite. Virgin is being actively considered by several F/Os that I know. They dont want to go overseas and will not consider the J* alternative due to the untrustworthy nature of the management and there contemptuous manipulation called market forces. If Qantas doesn't see the looming issue then they deserve what they get. How many pilots to retire in the next couple of years plus resignations for more rewarding pastures will create a shortage that will ensure that the short haul contract remains untouched. Extrapolate out the retirement/resignations data. The ball will be in our court. I have no doubt.