FBN,
The cadet scheme in 2000 was not exclusive to QF relatives, nor was 99 and neither was 98, not sure about before. Perhaps you should check your facts.
You are entitled to you opinion.
I am trying to work out your agenda however. What do you hope to gain? Why come onto a pilots forum and bad mouth pilots. You expect to get them to agree to your assertions? That our qualifications are easy to attain and we are all prima donas who live in a land of fairies and leprechauns?
I think most QF pilots would agree that we are well paid and that we must change along with the times. These changes should be negotiated however.
The problem that management face is that as a group no one believes anything thing that they say. All or none of the current performance of QF mainline's performance and financial bleeding could be true. The issue is that after countless years of bald face lying to the pilot group, they have lost our trust.
Management must own their mismanagement. We must move forward but their past lies stand in the way of it. Pilots should be part of the solution not part of the problem.
How many staff does QF group have per airframe? That is were the problem lies. Too many blunts.