The real game
There has only ever been one game .......he who has the deepest pockets wins....
Alan bet that he would send Virgin broke first and lost, it's as simple as that. Qantas does not deserve any bail out or assistance from the government. AJ and the board should be held to account for their failure and the company, as hard as it will be for the innocent worker, trade out of their position.
In the QF CEO address 18/10/13 AJ espoused the wonderful job he had done in the previous year, citing international competition, exchange rates and fuel prices as the biggest challenges....no mention of the level playing field.
Only 1 month later, when Virgin went to its shareholders (as QF was entitled to do) and raised capital, QF comes out declaring that the sky is falling and unless the government stops Virgin or props QF up then 5000 jobs would be lost.
How could so much change in such a short time.
AJ and the board should be held soley responsible for the present state of affairs and be treated accordingly.