Very simplistic view of the world. The reasons these great airlines went backwards - the unions of course.
What about these reasons:
- poor management
- poor communication by management with its employees. Kell Ryan says "just talk to them".
- outside factors like SARS, World Trade Centre (I refuse to say 9/11, which in Oz is the 9th of November), fuel costs.
- lack of government incentives or support for vulnerable national industries
Care to add any more.
Ansett didn't go bust because of unions.