Sunfish you are clearly very astute ... the cost-reduction battleplan will have a few more strategies to play out yet. However the senators have exposed raw nerves and the fatigue issue amongst other things has also been dumped into casa's lap. Fatigue limits=duty times= pushing range of operations and number of sectors alowed=overnighting costs=staff numbers needed. There are big dollars is this equation.
The question now is, how long will the current labour government allow it to continue to remain in the spotlight, including FWA impending decision on jetconnect, all the while gathering more momentum before it reaches critical mass and becomes a workchoices type of issue in the media, and threatens public trust? And how long can the CEOs keep their heads down hoping it will blow over?