Originally Posted by
TBM-Legend
Geoff Dixon was the father of Jetstar when he bought Impulse and rebranded it Jetstar. Great move against the Pommie of the Caribbean
Yes unfortunately for Mr Joyce the seed of JQ were discussions with certain US 'management consultants' who sold a pitch to airline management about the 'green fielding' of terms and conditions of a new entity leveraging existing contracts.
Mr Joyce in those days was a mid level wannabe at Ansett. He had ( credit where credit is due) impressed Mr Toomey with his numbers, something that also impressed the aviation lightweight Chair at Qantas Leigh Clifford.
It was from there, Mr Joyce got a start,
Mr Dixon selected him to run JQ. Impulse had been acquired as Mr McGowan had run out of money. Mr Dixon acquired it for a rainy day...
Problematic for Mr Joyce is that the hero myth to which he clings has 'creation of JQ' as his centre piece.
Qantas need a new fleet