300 Qantas pilots to get the chop ???

[moa999]

Australopithicus

Fill your boots

And that attitude will send Qantas to the Wall.

Short-term a business may be able to sustain a smaller competitor with employees on lower, more flexible arrangements.
Longer term, they are f&^^$%

Look at all the private catering, ground handling providers etc eating Qantas for breakfast

Same reason why Borghetti is in a much better position than Joyce. Much easier to start with a low cost base and increase it, keeping employees happy, versus starting with a high cost base and trying to compete -- perverse that the guy paying less is actually liked more.

Until the pink slip hits, a lot of denial around.