Keep in mind Emirates would pay nowhere near the actual cost of fuel. Helps when you own the oil well's.
And we may have proven one thing, that Qantas spends a lot on staff (if those figures are correct). But what are you proposing Ash? That staff take a 25% pay cut or something like that?
It's never going to happen. The pilots already took a pay freeze with the promise of it being given back to them and it never did.
Let's not forget that apart from the usual CPI increase (which should be normal, I know with the EBA I'm bound under there's always a CPI increase in there), the pilots aren't asking for anything else remuneration wise.
Mick
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