Well its in your hands now, those who have worked and gave their all for such a great company, can only stand by and watch and hope that QF survives, for Australia and QF are joined at the hip, one without the other is unthinkable.
I believe the Board are counting on that.
Like Bonds (offshored production, 'cause Aussie process workers are entitled to all that annoying costly stuff like OH&S and superannuation), like Golden Circle (owned by Heinz and not even Australian Grown anymore, just ask the beetroot guys) like Vegemite (owned by Kraft, even though the product's a banned import in the US), like Arnott's (owned by Campbell Soup, which is why the Ginger Nuts are a shadow of their former selves), like Holden (owned by General Motors, who at least had the decency to change the name to GMH), like Bundaberg Rum (owned by the UK's Diageo, which specialises in obtaining nationalistic brands like Cuevo, Irish Cream and Bundy and flag waving the crap out of them
).
All Orstrayan companies, just ask the average dude on the street. In truth they're about as Australian as Bill Gates, but that doesn't stop them waving the frigging flag when it comes to advertising. These Great Australian Names are now nothing more than shells kept for marketing purposes, because no-one's going to buy Heinz pineapple or Jak Li How singlets. Funnily enough, the true Aussie companies like WesFarmers, Coles Myer and Westfield are the ones we love to hate. Maybe because they tell the truth and act like the hardarses they are, rather than pretending to be Aussies for advertising purporses while being bankrolled by multinationals.
IMHO, that's what the Qantas Board want. We're Australian, really. Didn't you see the 'WTF are they advertising' ads? Believe us, you fools. That's right, you, Customer. Fool! Now where's my fat pay cheque? Qantas; the Australian Airline. Just don't expect to see too many Australians working there, or actually working for Qantas (as opposed to the Q Slaves GHS subcontractor). That would be far too expensive and might cut into our $500m profit.