Teething problems??? Like Barings Bank had 'teething problems' with a rogue trader?
Qantas has a rogue CEO and board. A brilliant mix of total incompetence, complete ignorance and lack of understanding of business in general (and airlines in particular) with a good measure of group think thrown in for luck.
They can't run an airline in their own country (or any country in Big Gay Al's case - love the name BTW!) so how in gods name do they expect to do it anywhere else? Let alone China!! I am speechless they even think they can get away with it.
'How I won WWI' by Field Marshall Douglas Haig might be a riveting read, but surely only a lunatic would use it as a 'How to' manual for airline operations!!