It emerged at the Fair Work hearing last week that Jetconnect's chief executive, Paul Daff, had little control over his company's operations and Qantas moved money in and out of its accounts without consulting Jetconnect.
Asked about a one-off dividend of $67 million Jetconnect is reported to have paid Qantas in January, Mr Daff said no money was transferred and he did not have any role in determining the dividend.
“Ultimately the vast majority of it would have come from Qantas,” Mr Daff said. “It was a book entry.”
He also conceded that Qantas paid Jetconnect pilots their wages directly.
Qantas owns all the Jetconnect aircraft…
Flight planning was contracted to Qantas by Jetconnect.
The parent paid all the bills for its subsidiary and set its budget.
Qantas regional general manager for New Zealand, Grant Lilly, conceded that Jetconnect did not have its own bank accounts and employee entitlements were accounted for as liabilities in Qantas's account.
As you say Fruet, if it walks like a duck....
You seem to be unable to make a distinction between Qantas pilots and the management of the QF group. We didn't start the fight. We're just trying to survive it.
Try not to lose sight of who the 'Bastard Child' is.