Here are a few questions I would love the Senators to ask Dumb and Dumber if they ever get the spine to appear again.
1. If the A380 incident happened with a Captain and a 200+ hour Cadet from the Jetstar cadet program, would you be confident the result would have been the same?
2. Why do you need a Jetstar cadet program? Was the Qantas program not sufficient? Or is this driven purely by profiting from this scheme?
3. AJ, with the amount of distrust and distain that is evident towards you and your management, how can it be possible to maintain safety to the highest standards, taking into consideration the continual threat to your employees livelihoods?
4. Do you believe executive and management bonuses are at the detriment of a safety orientated business like an Airline?
5. Should KPI's and bonuses be driving decisions in a business like an airline?
6. Do you believe flying Australian registered jets with 200 hour pilot, based overseas, working under the overseas states regulations, being paid local wages with no benefits (e.g housing allowances, accommodation, transport and superannuation/provident fund etc), is in the best interest of the Australian traveling public?
7. How do you believe that this benefits Australia in any way? Considering tax would obviously be avoided in Australia and our industrial laws would be circumvented. Wouldn't this set a precedent for other organisations?
For example, we could have Rio Tinto fly in Indonesian miners for a dollar a day and fly them out after two weeks, undercutting current Australian condition, would this not be the same thing and be detrimental to working Australians?
8. Are your mothers proud of you both?
Just for starters.