The race to the bottom comment was referring to Lotsa's comment suggesting if it were voted down that pilot's break ranks within the union and grab a spot for themselves. This attitude never serves us well. Companies use this internal threat to their advantage all the time and pit one group against another. We keep helping them out by being predictable!
I'm not saying that the proffered conditions are terrible. What I am suggesting is that we needn't give up so much on those ULH routes. Qantas are applying a lot of pressure to achieve a substantial change in pilot T & C. This change will perpetuate forever and all future EA's will be referenced to it.