“All of a sudden a rope was thrown across the course and tripped up Qantas and tripped up Virgin, tripped up everybody and we all had to go back to the start and do it again.
“It means there’s a fresh start for the industry coming up and anyone could do well in this race.”
Pretty sure Alliance didn't need $52m help to get back to the start line, or even had the need to go all the way back there.