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Whether I or anyone else in VAA, Jetstar, Qantas, Air New Zealand or any of the other carriers fly their routes will be up to the individual and their individual circumstances.
I would ask the same question of you and whether you would fly or tell the company that you are not going to comply with their directions due to moral reasons if that was your opinion.
Perhaps the solution of calling in sick placates ones concience very nicely but if it came down to the crunch and it was the difference between driving home to tell ones family that you have been stood down without pay ufn due to supporting the industrial action of another union in another country or complying with the companies roster then I would be most interested to hear both your opinion and your wifes reaction should you choose to be honest with the company.
Perhaps sitting on the sidelines sipping ones coffee and decrying the sadness of the situation is a little easier than being involved.
I am sure the armchair experts will have a field day on this thread but it does seem that the most sensible and realistic posts are emanating from those that are actually in VAA and VNZ.
Perhaps that is a good thing!