To take the alternate view, I don't think Qantas has been hard enough!
No doubt that the carrier is in urgent need of reform, in all areas, even as far as EBAs are concerned.
It should be possible for the management to come up with a holistic approach to the problems that face Qantas, even if that means letting some staff go, withdrawing from / changing metal on routes that are borderline and streamlining head office.
It would be a lot of pain in the short-term, but for the chance of a strong Qantas in the middle to long-term which is what it seems most ordinary Australian's and Qantas staff want.
That said, the biggest problem is that none of the staff (and few of the actually interested public) would support such a plan with such a woeful board and the disastrous implementation of about every "plan" Joyce et al have had in the last few years. As if pilots, engineers and ground staff are going to talk wage freezes and CR with the bad blood this board has created.
Slash the company I say, get back to fundamentals and take a "nothing is for granted" look at the whole business and come up with a credible plan to bring Qantas back to strength. This under a new, visionary board and management who are in it for the long-haul along with the staff, not next years bonus.
Better to die trying than bleeding out via the million cuts the business is labouring under now.