This just underlines the fact the management are only in it for the short term bonus. I could never understand why QF never went back to Boeing and took a tougher stance over the 787.
Instead of cancellations and write downs, why not say to Boeing that due to the delayed deliver of the 787, we require x number of brand new 767 (I assume that the new builds incorporate greater fuel saving technology, after all, we keep getting told that 787 is a replacement for A330 at J*, which are a replacement for gas guzzling 767's at QF) until such time as you can deliver the aircraft we are buying.
This allows QF to have a fuel saving product as well as a product that would keep its paying customers happy, all with little to no cost.
Could this have been achievable, or am I simply being deluded SLF?
Ps, I know logic is as much a swear word in aviation as it is in my field of rail, but one can dream, can't I?