The only fact is QF are in dire need of pilots and it may seem they have missed the boat
Qantas has a well developed adversarial IR posture. There are other ways to do things, but there is a lot of infrastructure supporting the status quo.
HR control of recruiting and IR structures predicated on
unlimited pilot supply
It is highly likely that the
obvious signals of a real sustained structural shortage were never even heard and if they were they were buried for reasons of self interest.
Disassembling the IR teams, processes and posture would take a big brave person.