Liv,
The CEO is an idiot. He (term used advisedly) has never run so much as a school raffle off his own bat. QANTAS has suffered under a standard of management that I could confidently expect a London Bus Driver to comfortably exceed. Currency games are played by mugs. What any employee expects (and I would suggest the market 'should' require) is actual leadership, intelligence and above all some basic skills in the job they are paid millions to do. And if you think they have any skills in that area 'whatsoever' then clearly you are as clueless as they. Currency has a part to play (and I thought it particularly important when the clown shut the doors talking about pay rates) but it is a symptom of a much larger malaise. The Emporer has no clothes. I doubt he even knows what a sewing machine is, let alone an aircraft galley...