Please understand that the facilities review is being strung out because it maximises the pleasure of Qantas management.
Narcissists adore being sucked up to by State Governments who are desperate to preserve jobs.
They also adore the feeling of power that comes from creating fear, alarm, uncertainty and despondancy among their workforce.
Don't you understand that there can never be enough gratification for these people? They feed on your pain!
If you all agreed to a 50% salary cut, they would be after you the following week threatening you with replacement by Vietnamese. If the Vietnamese arrived, they would threaten them with replacement by even cheaper Burmese.
There is no other explanation for the continuous Qantas policy of long drawn out and highly public reviews of facilities, staff numbers and working arrangements other than managements sheer enjoyment of this process.
Professionally managed companies, on the other hand, do this in private and make their eventual decisions in a way to minimise employee emotional pain and suffering.