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.
If the above is true, then why were a number of Cabin Crew managers sent upline, last minute on FRIDAY afternoon? After the Saturday afternoon grounding of the fleet, those managers were made available for information and support to longhaul cabin crew who were stuck upline...
This definitely happened.