Originally Posted by
krismiler
the government would want a counter balance to any demands from the QF unions for excessive pay increases from what would be an all powerful monopoly airline, capable of bringing Australia to a stand still if its demands weren't met . Divide and rule.
It takes nothing more than the stroke of a pen & foreign AOC's will allow domestic sectors. No loans or bailout packages required. Capacity & competition restored. You might even find Alan backing a VA support package if that came about. Strong parallels to car manufacturing in Australia.
Australians have shown a willingness to travel on low cost, foreign carriers of questionable safety for some time now. Most of those carriers would love to have a bite at our relatively high yield domestic market.