Seems to be obvious that Qantas International is the one that will be eventually handed back to the taxpayer to bail out. Domestic and Jetstar getting tuned up for a sale to private equity. New aircraft, more flexible wage agreements, lots of benefits. If those behind the private equity offering are the usual suspects, that would conform some of the theories here.
For Qantas aircrew, it would seem to be only a matter of time until the fun stops. Public policy is driven largely by what gets up in the media and the 24 hours news cycle. So a better course of action then any strike in my opinion would be to have some of these theories tested in the media. A strike would probably just put the nail in the coffin sooner. Maybe presenting some of these theories to Four Corners or Insight would be more constructive, especially if they were able to interview those that might benefit from such a sale in the future.