Despite raising the question in a number of forums and emails, I am yet to get a
reasonable answer as to why it was necessary to
immediately ground the entire airline. (Other than a perceived threat to the safety and wellbeing of those apparently otherwise respected employees.
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Does Alan Joyce honestly believe that he could not have achieved the same FWA result, in virtually the same time-frame, if he had announced the grounding and lockout were to occur at some point in the future; in 72 hours or in a week?
It only took 12 hours or so for FWA to convene and around 36 hours to reach a result, but in that time the damage to the brand was done.
Why do it, knowing that the impact on the brand would be, at best, harmful?
(I know this has been discussed at length in a roundabout fashion but I still can't get a logical answer.
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