Alan Joyce and his board know diddly squat about running an airline, all they know is how to fudge the numbers, which works ok when everything is rosy but becomes a house of cards when real issues interfere.
The only progress Alan Joyce and his board have acheived is opening up wounds for the flesh of Qantas to be devoured. It also looks like the 5000 jobs figure was just an executive bluff that has backfired.
It takes a real lack of talent to destroy an Australian icon that has so many advantages going for it. Alan Joyce and his board are incompetent business men and women - it really is that simple.