The top of this world
Buried on pages 16 to 17 of Hansard on 25/02/1011, Qantas CEO AJ states, of his own choice, and under no apparent duress:
"We only pick the highest standards of maintenance facilities offshore. They are the
Lufthansas of this world; they are the Rolls-Royces of this world; they are the top facilities."
In a public forum, what else would he say? But did he have to?
He could have stood down from the day's proceedings with credibility intact and when appearing at a later hearing, would have already been properly briefed by managers experienced in their portfolio.
His comments have got me hot and bothered. "Not happy, AJ!"
(Thanks to Steeve Creedy from the Australian for highlighting this on the 11/03/2011)