Originally Posted by
The Bullwinkle
Pretty sure JB started the capacity war in an act of spite.
Yes, that's my recollection too... then got all antsy-pantsy and critical when he swung a wooden mallet and Qantas responded with a sledge-hammer. What did he expect... it was like walking up behind a grizzly bear and grabbing it by the b-lls... there was going to be a reaction.
I still can't get over the totally unprofessional and amateurish comments in his book about QF1 and when I read it (self-promoting piece of toilet paper it is), I couldn't help thinking none of the decent CEOs I've known over the years - Eddington, Menadue, et al would have written that - they would have had other things to write about rather than trying, feebly, to stick the knife into an organisation that did nothing but see through him.
Lots of talk over the past 7 years about 'driving change' and the like... seriously, it's a fair bet the bloke couldn't drive a greasy stick up a dogs a-se.