WTF is the point of that article!! How embarrassing!!
No disrespect to the family involved but the timing of that "puff" article can only be determined as "Industrial Relations Insurance". With a crucial Pilots EBA about to be voted on, the management are positioning themselves and, are ready with some follow up articles, in the event there is another "No" vote. The follow up articles will paint the JQ pilots as greedy, unreasonable silvertails who don't care about the passengers or the viability of the company. Expect a lot of false statements to made by the press at the behest of management which will infuriate you but you (& the unions) will be powerless to correct because management control the media. This was happening in a big way when Joyce shut QF mainline down for three days.
I'm not trying to persuade the JQ pilots which way to vote but to give a heads-up as to what you can expect.