Originally Posted by
Cyclical
You're dead right. Air NZ etc need to use this as a proper reset, not just expect tax payers to tide them over and hope to come out the other side BAU with their fat salaries. There is no way they can feasibly operate at a much reduced size while only axing 30% of the current labour base. Tough as it will be to swallow, realistically they need to have everyone reapply for their jobs at rates more in line with the new paradigm. But I guess that won't happen under the left leaning government, so we'll be shafted as tax payers and also on domestic flights for a long time to come.