Wasn't all that long ago that one could purchase a return staff ticket from Melbourne to Sydney and get change out of twenty dollars!Now that same twenty dollars doesn't cover the fuel levy, never mind all the airport charges and taxes (nothing like privatisation to make trave cheaper eh?)
But then, that was when airlines valued and looked after their staff a little more than they seem to do today. Ansett was particularly good in this area(and I understand that TAA/Australian airlines were equally as good before being swallowed up by Qantas). How much things have changed in such a short period of time.