Whatever the plan was, it isn't working. Qantas is running out of cash and Jetstar isn't going to save it.
The almost 3 month delay in delivering a flying program is indicative of panic. The plan has gone terribly awry and they don't know what to do to fix it.
Now the staff are being made to pay for the incompetence of management who in a few short years, have turned a strong profitable company into a cautionary tale.