I think it is time for a bit of CLARITY in this thread.
Airnz say they have cut off Ansett. Well let me tell you a small not so well kept secret from over here in Australia regarding how 99% of the country feel towards NZ.
NZ need Aust more than we need you lot.
Once the Australian public realise what has happened (&this is rapidly occurring) regarding the inept and arrogant way that the board has treated 16,000 Australian workers (up to 60,000 incl supply & contracting workers in total), NZ will be cut off from this country and the only people you will be able to blame are those arrogant tossers on the Airnz board.
This of course would not be the case if the board owned up to their responsility to the workers who were employed by their company and agreed to pay them their legal entitlements.