Keg,
You are wrong.
When QF sent down their Flight Safety people from Sydney to assist in the closure, a proposal was put forward to see if some pilots could be absorbed into mainline.
The response 'AIPA will not support this proposal.' They also bought in Capt. D. Wiltshire who believed something along the lines of the Australian Airlines integration could work for the 146 pilots. But it was put to rest by your beloved AIPA!