Very well said Shark Patrol.
I still think it will get up.
Pilots are desperate for promotion and will do anything,despite the economic environment starting to boom for QF International.
I'm surprised they will do 20-30% more work, for less money with zero overtime and no proper FRMS, but agree it could be worse.
Better to go for it, then bitch like crazy pilot style when the Bonuses flow soon for the execs after they have duped the silly pilots.
The new agreement is genius from QF, as it works you to the CAO limits ,you can never earn any more than around 300k as a Captain, 200k for an FO and 100k as an SO. You'll also be flying 185 hours in today's Hours for that.
Of Course you could take a Flexi line and do less hours to bring you back to the equivalent 160 hour mark, when you find yourself constantly jet lagged and fatigued.
That will bring a CPT pay down to around 240k, 160k FO, and 85k for an SO for flying 160 hours in today's hours. You will be able to enjoy 15-18 hour night sectors, with jet lag too!
Should it not get up, that's NOT the end of negotiation.
The last two SH EBAs have had a NO vote and BOTH got better deals the second time.
The same with the JQ EBA that many on this forum accused of being spineless.
A NO vote just sends the negotiating team back to the table. Would the company/AIPA president want this result, No, however it would not mean the end of negotiations.
First offers, just like buying a house,car etc, are just that, first offers.