As a long haul crew with 25 years flying experience, I just could not work out how a young guy like Hickey could suddenly become the CEO of Qantas International? He started with Qantas since 2004, he was an accountant by trade, never worked in airline industry before he joined Qantas.
To say the least, his track record was problematic, why? Because he started his career at notorious Arthur Andersen, please follow this link to see the man yourself CEO CookOff - Simon Hickey Profile.
AJ previous job was at the failed incompetent management of Ansett, so a bad egg just appointed another worse egg in Qantas.