It seems to me that every time QF makes an announcement that might draw
adverse attention to itself, a story painting QF pilots in a bad light appears
at the same time.
Or someone in the press asks a question (and there are not too many of them) or has a little dig, to be sure, like this:
YOU could never accuse Alan Joyce of having his head in the clouds.
The latest in an ever-lengthening conga line of corporate leaders to resist
the temptation for a few extra million dollars in take-home pay, the Qantas boss yesterday declared he, too, would not accept a bonus this year.
A noble gesture, to be sure. But it immediately begged the question: After a year of turmoil at the airline, culminating in an expected loss of more than $200 million, why would he even imagine he was entitled to one?
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