Agree Snakecharmer,
Think Tuner2 is being far too melodramatic. You'd almost assume he had presidential pressures to deliver a result to his masters.
Can't see a NO vote suddenly pulling conditions off the table. It would just get voted down again. Not what Qantas want to announce at an AGM in August.
Would tarnish a return to record profits.
It will be a bonus target to have EBAs signed off too.
Ask yourself why there is suddenly a rush to get the deal voted up before the August profit announcement?
The No votes in Shorthaul the last few EBAs, or in JQ, didn't threaten stripping conditions either. But maybe AIPA don't have the ability to go back in to bat and negotiate should it not get up? Thank goodness Qantas are not making losses now.
It's the second officers that stand to lose the most as far as I can see. Junior LH CPTs and FOs too but to a much lesser extent.
If the 787 is a 747 replacement for the next five to ten years only, then those that get bumped to the 787 on SO pay, will get smashed once the short lived protections wear off.
I wonder how they will pay the mortgage, school fees, cost of living in Sydney with more than a $100,000 pay cut?