none of this is really new is it?
the bigger question I believe is whether we as a society accept that we need to compete at the lowest cheapest level or not.
Because if we are going to accept every industry being broken down in order to reduce terms and conditions then we have to at some point accept the same is going to happen to our public services, schools, health care..everything.
It may be cool to claim some sections of the industry earn too much and try to blame them for the airlines difficulties as some have done but airlines don't lose money because of high wages.
Airlines lose money because of bad business decisions. Society as it stands however accepts the cutting of terms and conditions of the innocent to further feather the nest of those whose bad decisions caused the mess in the first place.