Troo B,
It is easy to say ( or write) something that you later regret. Eventually everyone does it. ( Lord knows I have)
It is not so easy to do what you have done and own it. I think it says a lot about a persons character.
The industry appears to me to be changing. I've been in it full time for 23 years now and T's and C's have been declining the entire time up until about 18months ago when experienced pilots started to be harder to come by. Most Airlines have gone down the road of contracting out work to more productive 'labour units' in order to stay solvent/competitive but now simply having someone flying the plane is becoming an issue that is talked about. Contracts around the world are improving significantly. It's not beyond my imagination that QF Mainline might decide that creating security around pilot numbers is a sound strategy that will provide a competitive advantage in the future.
Interesting times.