Slightly different perspective - we have all heard how AJ says "it was the ONLY option". He effectively acknowledged that people may have died because their medical care may have been compromised and that his actions had a dramatic impact on the country's economy.
Think for a minute if there was a national power company that did the same. Shutting down the entire country's power supply because it was the ONLY option
This should be enough for the Government to demand AJ be sacked and buy back 51% of Qantas. If its good enough for the likes of NZ, SQ, EY, EK etc to be Government controlled its good enough (and essential for Australia) that Qantas is protected from an evil CEO and irresponsible board
Remember it was the QF board that wanted to send QF broke with the private equity buyout. Time to take back control of our icon