If it was possible to compound Joyce's error in Asian aviation markets he has just done so.
By complaining in public about the treatment Qantas has received in respect of Jetstar Hong Kong (which was totally predictable from the very beginning of all the Asian adventures) he has broken an unwritten Asian rule.
Breaking that rule, instead of copping it sweet, is now going to cost Qantas mainline big time in Chinese markets. I predict main line access to Chinese markets is now about to receive "The death of a Thousand cuts".
I didn't think it was possible for someone to be stupider than Dixon, but by publicly complaining about the Chinese treatment of Jetstar, Joyce has overtaken Dixon.
To put that another way: Joyce has just declared that the Qantas Group is the sworn enemy of China - at least that is how the Chinese will see it and react accordingly.