Boyracer,
What is this fascination you have with the PM charging in to save the day? This is not a nationalised airline and the red-headed one has no sway in the hiring and firing of the Board. She may well have an opinion and she may well make that opinion known but if the Board choose to ignore her and do something completely different then she doesn't have a leg to stand on (and given her performance in every other facet of Australian events I'm glad she doesn't). This will, ultimately, come down to AJ convincing the Board he has done the right thing for QF (I'm NOT saying he has, just what he has to do) and the Board backing him. The PM is a red (headed) herring.