I have good friends at both QF & JQ, therefore I feel for them in terms of the frustrations they must be having in their current work environment. I'm not going to resort to Qantas-bashing, as I think it fair to say there are many decent, hard-working people at the coalface, & in spite of working for the opposition I have a great deal of respect for the airline it USED to be. That said, every day I go to work I'm more & more appreciative of the fact that The Rat's loss is our gain. Yes,
VB still has a number of issues to sort out, but for the most part I think we are finally headed in the right direction - in no small part because of JB's experience & vision for our future.
As has already been said, the QF board will regret the day they overlooked JB for the top job - if they haven't already.