The Musings of a Qantas Manager
Why wait till November?
What do we do now???? Sayeth the Qantas Board.
What cunning plan can we hatch, now the APA bid has failed?
Are major shareholders going to come after us with a blunt and rusty knife?
Will the Government come after us with a blunt and rusty knife?
Will Macquarie come after us with a blunt and rusty knife?
How are we going to maximise the long term value of the company to its shareholders, bearing in mind that the ASX is in the short term a voting machine, but long term a weighing machine?
How are we going to get our planning time horizon out to five - ten years again, when lately its been focussed on TTB (Time To Bid/Bonus, take your pick)
What job openings are there for me elsewhere?
How else am I going to polish my ego?
What "Story" are we going to feed the Government, the public and the peasants now? Obviously they don't believe we are a run down "legacy" airline, fit only for the knackers yard.
How can we keep crying poor, delivering rotten customer service, and making record profits? How long will the suckers put up with this?
Obviously we can still keep CASA on side, and of course our excellent safety record is a foregone conclusion, no matter who maintains or flys our aircraft.