Sooooo, the alternative is to shut down JQ and grow Qantas mainline????
Seriously?
Apart from being Borgetti’s wet dream, who on gods green earth would benefit?
Customers - not those flying JQ. They will not / cannot pay QF prices
Shareholders - they seem pretty happy with the share price
Staff - yes QF mainline pilots and some others would love it. Meanwhile 7000 JQ people unemployed
With JQ out of the way, and given Virgins ‘me too’ strategy, the LCC space would be vacant for a new entrant. Lion, Air Asia etc., who will happily step in and eat your lunch (commands) and then greedily go for seconds.
Be careful what you wish for.