From that article of Ben shadowlands
In context, Qantas has recently promised to respond to the success of Virgin Australia in the domestic market with a massive increase in scheduled flights by both Jetstar and Qantas and a vow to cut fares to protect its market share.
Such capacity dumping in the US has been a prerequisite for major airline bankruptcies
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Says it all really! Anyone think they are watching ansett, united or pan am here.
The next they will be doing is callling emergency staff meetings and saying to all (pilots included) if everyone cannot take 30% wage cuts across the board we will have to make redundant 1000s and 1000s of workers. It has happened before don't worry. Although maybe that is truly what he wants. Drive it down to that point and try that on. What a colossal mess.