Ollie,
I too find it amazing that after 24yrs, the '89' dispute is still festering. Those Australian '89' pilots are worse than little children playing in a sandpit.
To 'proudly show his list of scabs' does show the true character of the man who you were unfortunately crewed with. These characters have no place in the flight decks of 'millennium airlines' ie. the post dinosaur age.
Their 'baggage' is unwelcome and should be buried '6 feet UNDER'.
However, there is ONE GOOD thing that occurs every 24Aug anniversary - it is ONE year closer to the day when ALL '89' generation pilots are no longer part of the crews that we younger 'post dinosaur age' pilots comprise.
I fully expect a tirad of abuse- more like a tsunami ? - to appear here as the sun rises over
33°56′46″S 151°10′38″E which is in approx. 8hrs.