Unite, really? Can't see that happening any time soon, Australian crews seem to think that the nz crews are the scum for accepting a lesser contract...Doesnt matter what the company. Be it Jetstar, Qantas/JC or Virgin.
Australia has the bigger union base so if they were thinking, they would be standing up and trying to help nz get better conditions which reduces the threat of metal heading to another group on less money in the long term.
Just look at what V has done to the NZ crews with the integration document they have just signed off. Bottom of the list... No regard for length of service.They just looked at their back pocket and now they have a good pay rate and probably contract, now the nz crews are fighting for better money alone and conditions which could end up biting them in the arse down the track.
Boom sums it up on his last paragraph... Luck or a sign of things to come... Lesser money for nz, next they will introduce new planes based in nz, then hello B scale pay rates for all new hires, then next time Australian eba comes up they threaten to give domestic flying to nz crews because they can... Or you sign on slightly less money... And so on and so on... How many A scalers are still at Cathay just out of interest and is the money better now? That could happen in aus if we are all not careful. Not that Cathay had the other company situation...
No nz pilot really wants to shaft Au pilots, but seems that it doesn't go the other way, but even will slag our own just to move up one on the ladder. AND we should all try to prevent the issues of the late 80's repeating...