Does anybody think that Australias militant Industrial relations law and Union greed have had anything to do with this? I certainly do.
There are a lot of staff at Qantas that get paid a lot of money to do next to nothing (and by that I mean literally next to nothing). We've seen this all before.
I'm not saying that there aren't a lot of other significant factors at play.. No doubt that management in recent years has been woeful but you've got your head in the sand if you truly believe there is no dead wood at Qantas (from the top to the bottom!)