The reality is that JQ was born due to QF's higher costs.....higher costs on everything from baggage handlers to pilot salaries. QF transferred part of their business to a lower cost business (I know..I know..QF was subsidising, but their costs were lower).
We can all justify salaries on a global scale and say that they are reasonable, but in reality there is an JQA330/A320 operating on a route that was once the domain of QF aircraft.
The problem started 14 years ago when JQ was born and every QF union from AIPA to the TWU did not actively participate in negotiations for a greenfield operation.
The death knell was sounded and today we lay witness to the seed that was planted.