Unfortunately, you are displaying naivety. QF's own figures are that they took a hit of $190M for the shutdown with a further $60M in legal costs and when the Fair Work Determination came out, the award was almost totally intact - management had minimal wins and have subsequently changed their industrial negotiation strategy.
My statement to the effect that it is very unlikely for any current S/O's to be forced onto the B787 comes from my knowledge of the management plans wrt the introduction of that aircraft.