Re GD.
He doesn't miss a trick and he really goes after what he wants. Wasn't he the driver behind Work Choices? and now he appears to be pushing his barrow from behind his Tourism and Aircraft leasing interests.
What do QF want? an army of underpaid, undertrained, poorly treated and expendable slaves all working for a series of cheap as chips LCC's is apparently what.
Should whoever drafted the Qantas sales act have seen this coming?
The media manipulation of this saga is obscene and breathtaking. I can't believe that OUR Federal Government can't/won't see what the game is and demand a positive outcome for Australia and all Australians. What we see happening today is surely the direct result of the rationale behind the push for cross media ownership laws.
Just like the USA our founding fathers saw the whole game and put barriers in place to stop such things from happening, our current politicians of all party's do not have the fortitude or integrity to stand up to corporate greed.
How do they allow Thai cabin crew to be operated point to point within Australia in the first place? forget the slave wages, horrendous hours and severe discipline, how does this happen when the same Government bleats about how bad things are in developing countries and sends our tax dollars abroad as foreign aid whilst turning a blind eye because corporate Australia wants to import and ultimately impose these conditions within this country?