"Oops that's wright Mt Cook and ALPA pushed to do this with a combined regional contract that would have lead to this down the track but the two other link groups voted it down!"
BOOM - have to correct you on that statement. The largest voter response was the Eagle pilots (prob as they had the most to gain), followed by air Nelson, with a low response from the Cook pilots. In all three groups, of those who voted, the majority voted for the MECA contract. It's just a pity the turnout was so poor that the vote could not be considered a clear result. Disappointing after the work the various councils put in.