The Aviation expert has called it - Pilots lose to Qantas.
Pilots lose to Qantas - The West Australian
The backpay loss is correctly calculated by Just Relaxin when comparing it to a typical 3% outcome. If memory serves me correctly though the AIPA claim was only for 2.5% pa.
The sad message here is that we all need to hope that the labour government isreturned at the next election. There would not have been as good an outcome if the coalition were in power.
It was Labor who created the law that allowed them to ground the fleet and have the Govt intervene. It was Labor who decided to intervene. It was Labor who sought in their FWA application to have all pia stopped (as opposed to only having the Qantas lockout/grounding stopped). Labor worked hand in fist with Qantas to screw all of us by preventing us securing greater job security clauses.
The LAME 2008 dispute was run under Johnies laws and we never encountered such an issue. I will not be voting Labor.