Rumor has it BB went behind AJ's back & spilt the beens to the board regarding the LCC long haul ops.
Problem is the LCC ops works ok in the short range flying where fuel is a lower expense as a proportion of operating costs. The issue then becomes how do you link the geographically distanced LCC business units with an operation that burns fuel at a higher proportion to operating costs.
BB had blabbed and from that point he was walking the green mile as far as AJ was concerned.
You just have to look at AJ's past performance. He's working towards a November 2nd Qantas AGM & looking to pull another rabbit out if the Ether.
He needs a plan to take to the AGM to keep his forward vision theory of growth & profitability intact. Otherwise he's joining BB on the same walk.