Originally Posted by
deja vu
Well JQ management seem hell bent on appealing to "the public", so obviously they think spinning a yarn is relevant and getting public backing is very important in almost any industrial dispute.
Look at the support Joyce got from the public via a spin campaign when he shut down Qantas, he never would have done it if he thought there could possibly be a back lash against that action.
What he received was courtesy of a duplicitous and under confident government.
As Paul Keating remarked, had the Gillard government not intervened, a week later Joyce would have been gone.
The public, despite the enormous advertising and narrative management spend, have not forgotten.