Toomey inherited the mess. If you want to blame anybody, blame Cushing, the hick accountant form the Hawkes Bay. He had control of the day to day running of the Group for the first six months, after the pushing of McRea, until Toomey was hired.
He was responsible for forcing AirNZ to take up their pre-requisite rights.
He is definitely the one that has been ducking for cover ever since the debacle turned sour.
Toomey is just the boy who has been doing as he is told and he and Farmer are the fall guys.