I wonder which statement comes first.
"We need a level playing field..." or The Qantas Sale Act is redundant"... or perhaps "We may have to shed staff to save money".
Whilst it is understandable that the manufactured decline of Qantas International was designed to shock and awe staff just the way Chairman Clifford likes it (as did Alan, he was handsomely rewarded), nothing has changed.
The mistake the staff made, sitting through the reeducation days, Orwellian though it must have been was to believe anything had changed.
When the 'extend and pretend' business cycle completely rolls over, EBA negotiations will follow with the familiar rhetoric: "cost neutral, times are tough, there is no more money"
They blew the time in the sun making themselves wealthy.
The first shot in this new IR campaign is the 457 visa, quietly announced when everyone is not paying attention and digesting plum pudding.