From Nicks SMH article,
Its excuses over the years have included an unlevel playing field, higher fuel costs, difficult unions, a high or low Australian dollar (Qantas has blamed both in recent years) to name but a few. Qantas' excuses for abysmal performance and grand plans for a turnaround just don't stack up.
Full article below. It's brief but it is succinct and to the point. Well done Nick, nice to see at least one politician who appears to give a **** about the real issue here - human beings, as in Qantas workers and their families and the Australian traveller.
Qantas chief Alan Joyce has many questions to answer
Surely it is time that the 5 foot human wrecking ball (and other associated parties to the QF destruction) be frog marched out of Mascot (and preferably Australia) immediately?