Don't really want to get into a tit for tat over this as I don’t have any dog in the fight but as I’m sure you may have experience of Indigo and understand better how they do things, than I do, you don’t know Australian labour laws like I do, Not only was I on the MEC of the Virgin Pilots Union but my wife used to run cases fo the flight attendants Union, at the fair work commission.

Trust me when I tell you, Australian employment laws are designed specifically to protect employees from the sort of sh!t we deal with here in the US. Have you ever had any of the following required by law. Long service leave, where for every 10 years of employment, you get 8.5 weeks of paid vacation. 5 weeks of paid vacation, every year. Paid maternity leave, with guaranteed job protection followed by flexible work arrangements up to schooling age. The list goes on and on. They’ll be able to make plenty of money by having access to the second most profitable route in the world (SYD-MEL) but they won’t be able to do it by screwing over the employees. It’s simply more inherently expensive to do business in Australia.