Originally Posted by
Beagle
AIR has about 11,000 employees and their wages bill is headed to $1.3b. That's getting on towards $120,000 per employee on average. No wonder they're N.Z. favourite employer. Your mate and his mates are jeopardizing the livelihoods of other employees, holding about 100,000 travellers and their families to ransom and affecting the reputation of the airline and potentially hurting shareholders pockets too. Blackmail is exactly what it is and it's heinously timed and reprehensible. Engineers should expect a backlash from the public and the company if this strike action goes ahead.