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Too true. All the innovative QF Management got tossed out and replaced with cronies after the reverse take-over. One of these cronies even had to resign for directing QF paid consulting work to his own company!
Re the Retro - They could always do what US Airways did (before the AA/US Merger) and - for example - paint an aircraft in PSA Livery except have US Air on the side.
I think that it would be fine to paint the T-Jet Livery but instead of TAA put QANTAS in Blue in the TAA typeface, put TAA but have Qantas worked in in a lighter shade or just put Trans-Australia Airlines after the Word Qantas.
People would understand I think that it's a Qantas aircraft. You might get the occasional yank complaining - as happened a few times with the Air Pacific Aircraft that was actually owned and operated initially by QANTAS and was always operated and crewed by QF when it was operating QF17/18.
2016 would be the year to do this as it will be the 70th anniversary of TAA.
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