If you want to blame the people responsible for the demise of Ansett, heres the list;
1, Abeles,Hawke
2, 89 Sc@bs
3, Murdoch (Asset stripping AN)
4, Keating (reneging on the open skies agreement to allow Airnz to operate domestic routes in Aussie)
5, News corp (cooking the books prior to sale)
6, Cushing (buying the other half)
7, Aust.government for not allowing us to restructure it without laying anyone off!! (that was a good one)
8, Outdated Aust.labour practises (cleaners getting 50k!!)
9, Aust. unions
10, NZ government for being a bit slow (probably just as well)
11, Aussie gov. for not helping out!
12, Anderson
13, CASA
14, SIA (to cunning for there own good)
15, Branson (cut price airline forcing fares down)
16, Oil prices,etc,etc
Blimming heck, it should have gone bust ages ago!!! Did I miss anyone Kaptin M?
Dr Farmer last night produced on TV the documents given to your Government(June) outlining the huge financial losses An were incurring & they did nothing to help out after being asked so AIRNZ could keep it going while they either restructured into a value based airline or sold it.