The Singaporian interviews are probably the coup de grace for Geoff Dixon. He has finally got the small chunk of Ansett he wanted; and for nothing.
The ACTU, administrators and government obstrucuted his original wants to cherry pick the Ansett business of it's A320 operation.
Piece by piece, he has bolted it on to the limited former Impulse operation. Building a low cost domestic carrier and now an international carrier.
The decision to allow J* management to put ridiculous requirments on the new operation- 2000 hours Airbus command, 330 command, Asian Airbus expeience etc- will enable J* to bring home more Airbus experience from abroad. The baulk of which will be ex-AN, a known quantity to current management, averting the risks of hobbo's from the contract world ( in their view ).
He has completed his original deal at a fraction of the original cost- a rapidly expandable operation, without limitation of Airbus expertise, bolted on or 'slaved' industrially ( so to speak ) to the downtrodden Impulse pilot group.
A master stroke. Good luck to those who would like to come home.