Let it die.
Qantas has proven over the years to be a political plaything.
If you want to nationalise it, you need to enshrine its marketing in law.
As in:
- International Direct flights to all state capitals in proportion to population.
- Maintenance workload divided among states in proportion to population.
- No intra state preferences.
- similar curtailments to domestic flights.
- In other words, a universal service obligation - an end to "Sydney centric" scheduling.
It wont happen because Qantas is owned lock stock and barrel by the Sydney Harbor Boyze - which is why I'd like to see it wither on the vine unless it changes.