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PS JJ it couldn't have been up the Khyber, she got pregnant didn't she?
Of course you can get pregnant from A*** sex, that's how lawyers are born.
If QF try a merger with a U.S. airline, don't support it. If it did happen, my belief is that the entire Australian management team will get eaten alive by American management in a very short time. Shortly after, not only will all the maintenance and overhaul go overseas, but the facilities will be torn down, rather than sold, to ensure that no competitor can rise from the ashes.
The only Australians working in QF then will be the cleaners.
It's what's called a "reverse takeover". Phillip Brothers (a very big American metals trading firm) made so much money in the early 80's that they bought a merchant bank (Salomon Brothers) with their petty cash. Within 18 months Salomons management was running Phillip Brothers.