It's sad but it looks like VAs days are numbered, with new beginnings comes new opportunities and ways of looking st things. As a regular passenger (and one time pilot) I'd actually love to see this downtime in the industry to fast track the removal of restrictions on AU/NZ borders, allowing seamless transition between countries from domestic terminals. This allows both ANZ and QF to compete truly and fairly across both countries, and may just allow both carriers to survive domestically in the new post-Covid world.