Being realistic,
bb, what would YOU suggest the solution would have been when
VB and Impulse advertised for pilots at the salary they were offering?
The pilots who joined those airlines joined at the "going rate". They didn't undercut, or scab, on any incumbants!
The then existing domestic airlines' pilots were employed on individual contracts - with differing contracts between the airlines, and within the airlines themselves.
Hence there
was no industry "standard"
per se - again, as a result of the pilots' previous union - that united ALL of the previous
FOUR airlines' pilots basically under ONE Award - being scuttled.
Thanks to the AFAP, there is a recognised award for "newbie" CPL's, Instructors, etc.
Currently that does NOT exist for Australian airline pilots, However, I believe that there IS some commitment from many of the Virgin pilots who knew the benefits that existed before, not only for themselves and their families, but for the WHOLE group.
That must be the starting point - the very first step - for taking control of the anarchy that presently reigns......IMO!