Jesus you kids talk some **** sometimes. Kiwi and Aussies have always been fierce competitors on the sports fields, and generally the kiwis would always have your backs, as shown throughout every conflict we have been involved in, brothers in arms, but when it comes to unions, we scumbag spitting kiwis tend to be able to negotiate without having militant unions faaaark everything up for us. As for unions, yes we do have ONE, it's called NZALPA, and they represent the whole of NZ pilots as one, unlike that of our Aussie cousins who are all fragmented to buggery and generally ran by peecocking Unionists who's only agender is to gain political points to feather their own future political nests.
As for spitting, LOL! That has as much truth as the article stating AKL and WLG are holding demonstrations! Classic!
It's a bit like Air New Zealand destroyed Ansett, it wasn't the union stranglehold on Ansett that slowly killed it from within was it guys, it wasn't the huge inefficiencies that the unions couldn't relinquish was it. Na na it was Air New Zealand!!
I back you guys all the way in your plight, very sad to see this all unfold. But keep a clear head, don't let your emotions control your demise. Look how easy it is for a kiwi to fire you boys up.