Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
helispotter you are being too literal in your attempt to defend Labor MPs. The government is being very generous with taxpayer money for a dubious result. This airline should have gone the way of Ansett, Compass, Skyairworld, Air Australia, Jetgo, Bonza, Brindabella, Tiger, Ozjet et al. A federal government should not being supporting it but should support the other operators to operate the routes.
OK, but then be consistent in criticism of either side of politics. You can bet that if the ALP had just let Rex collapse without funding support, the coalition (and in particular the National party) would have been up in arms about the government not supporting 'the regions' and doing some political point scoring. I wasn't defending Labour MP's, just trying to get more balance. Was the coalition also being too generous with its handouts to airlines during COVID?