Bitter sweet news. I'm sorry for the guys that are losing the jobs, but as I've said before, why use the most expensive real estate in the country to maintain aircraft?
I guess its good news for the people of Geelong. The next question is where is A380 maintenance going to go?
I predict that the PM's response will be along the lines of "Qantas is a commercial entity that must make its own commercial decisions.
P.S. From the tone of previous ALEA announcments, you will be told "this is a good outcome, it could have been far worse."