AUGUST 24th - QANTAS

[Worrals in the wilds]

I would prefer to still fly and see a Qantas Aircraft rather than see it die...

Opinions differ on this point, but I wouldn't. I get sick of Australian companies becoming non-Australian in practice but still hanging on to their iconic brand name so they can be 'Australian' for marketing purposes. IMO it's double dipping; lowering costs by using cheap overseas labour so they can undercut genuine Aussie companies and make even huger profits but still milking the nationalism angle so gullible people think they're buying Australian and supporting Aussie industry.

If multinationalism is the only way forward, why not open up the domestic market to foreign operators and we'll see how long Qantas remains competitive then? If it's no longer an Australian airline that employs Australians, why should the government protect it?