Saw some of it last night. Lorna still is a striking woman. Good to see Bondy looking so young.True about the pay, the thing was that there was no competition betwen Ansett and TAA. The two HR departments had an unwritten "gentlemens agreement" not to hire or compete for each others staff. Ticket prices, and a whole range of other issues, were decided over a few beers at Mac's.
The first thing Abeles did was to prohibit alcohol consumption during office hours, that put a major dent in the "Mac's" lunchtime culture, then he removed certain alcoholic managers (leaving just one, RB)
Reg Ansett didn't stuff the company, some of his managers did it for him while he was too sick to notice.
I still pine for the old Hayman Island, and the annual leave upgrade and suchlike. Lunchtime cricket. Overseas trips to Seattle, LA, Hamburg, etc. The wombat squadron and all. Thank Christ I got out when I did before all that ended.