Mr Joyce was questioned about the decision to ground the entire Qantas fleet last Saturday.
Senator Xenophon asked him whether he envisaged, last Friday at the company's annual general meeting, that he would ground the fleet a day later.
"I didn't have any view on the prospect of it," Mr Joyce replied.
Well that's interesting... Why did Samantha Taranto (head of QF Cabin Crew) send Cabin Crew managers upline on Friday afternoon?? Apparently, the managers were sent to SIN, LAX (and others) on a last-minute basis on Friday afternoon. They were unaware of why they were going, but knew it was something big... After the announcement of the grounding of the fleet on Saturday, those managers were then made available for communication and support for cabin crew stuck upline. Curious...
Any flight attendant who was listening to Crew Voice over the weekend could verify this.