A few things to add...
Longtime stalker, first time member/poster.
Excuse my stupidity, but what about closing the airline down? That cost the business a reported $60 million, not including the cost to the brand...?
I can see how one could quite easily argue it was because of the potential for strikes, safety and uncertainty...
Also, can someone explain how the duplication of ground handling businesses is good for QANTAS? e.g. Express Ground Handling & Qantas Ground Services?
Further, How can the number of FTE's only decreased by 405 people in 5 years (data from prelim report 2009 & 2013) but we have had a large number of redundancies taken in previous years?
Surely natural attrition %'s would be greater than 1.2%?