Poirot, of course it affects interests other then the airline. As
did the rolling strikes and guerilla tactics of the union, which
seemingly would have gone on for the next year, whilst the airline
bled more and more. Perhaps you should read the double page
Geoffrey Thomas article in Saturday's West, about what happens
to airlines who refuse to adapt to change. Thomas understands the
airline industry much better then your ABC person.

The thing is this. If you decide to buy a business, then you
have the right to manage that business. If you hire staff who
are seemingly determined to send you broke and want to manage the
business, then you have every right to protest and take action.

If the unions want to run the business, then they should buy it,
its well within their financial means to do so.

This has farvreaching potential as if the union gets it's way this could be like a cancer to all major business in this country.

These staff are on huge wages, compared to thier global counterparts yet they just won't accept it.

Qantas has been left with no choice and as yabby says, if you want to run the business, buy it.

This is only the beginning in this country, and the sad part is we warned you all before these IR laws handed thuggery rights back to the unions.

By the way, where is the IL INFORMED belly in all this.

<These staff are on huge wages, compared to thier global counterparts yet they just won't accept it.>

Wasn't a similar argument used to justify slavery? And the economic collapse which followed showed that the plantations were only profitable with slave labour. Perhaps when an industry can only survive with a downward wage spiral it isn't worth keeping. The answer might be to look for more profitable industry elsewhere.

Rechtub try not to be so heated.
Up the thread you may remember I left the thread.
Your threads bring folk such as Individual, no understanding or intention to consider the subject exists there.
Come here and read other contributions.
See what both sides think.
Consider.
Just maybe, preconceived views are not the whole story.
MATE your form,I study form still, shows you jump out of the stalls early on industrial issues.
Tend to charge for the rails run knocking others over and the wind out of your self.
By the turn out of wind you are 5 lengths last refusing to believe you have been passed, comes from hanging your head over the rails and refusing to look each side.
QUANTAS
both sides wanted to kill the other same legal firm back bosses as port lock out while admitting wrong on both sides am TOTALLY! behind unions.
Joyce will go, but his job always was come turn Quantas in to an Asian airline take his money and run.

What a lot of frogsswabble, pre empting the decision of a tribunal. All you have done is wasted ink. There was other avenues to take, before going world wide. This will presumably do untold damage to qantas, the leprecorn should find another toadstool to sit on.

579,
Belly won't give us an answer so perhaps you could oblige. How much do Qantas baggage handlers get paid ? I suspect it's too embarrassing an amount for Belly to reveal ?