Aviation is about learning from other peoples' experiences.
I was not far out of high school in 89 so my perspective of the dispute was courtesy of the Murdoch press.
Pprune gave a valuable insight into the views of the different parties. The experiences of 89ers, learn't from these pages, a valuable preparation for the human destruction in last years Ansett turmoil. As events unfolded the actions of management and some unsavourary individuals predictable.
Not at all taking sides but Pprune offered a balance of some sort.