An interesting thread , to say the least.
Overheard a theory recently , trying to explain why Alan would sign up to what appears to be from the outside , a dud deal for Qantas , reference the Qantas Emirates code share alliance.
Circa early 2013 , the Dixon ,Singleton , Carnegie ,
( along with Harvey and Gregg ) consortium dumped their speculative takeover bid for Qantas.
Apparently , the rumour intimates that the takeover putch was relying on a foreign capital injection from Dubai.
Now , looking at timelines the famous Alan Joyce , Tim Clark , Wolgan valley " love in " was in May 2012.
The time that the " consortium " was pushing hard for a takeover.
The theory suggests that if the consortium money was to come from Dubai , that could only mean one person, one entity .
So the theory suggests Clark saw an opportunity , once notified by his boss and summoned Alan to Wolgan.
One can only speculate what was layed out on the table at the "love in " .
The suggestion of "sign this alliance deal or the takeover consortium will get their money and you're out of a job " , was one of the theories I heard suggested.
So once Clark had Alan over the barrel and got his agreement to the " deal " it took until April 2013 to sort the fine print and approvals out.
It was around January 2013 that Dixon et al , realise their quick pump and dump operation was a dead duck.
Last edited by blow.n.gasket; 10th Oct 2017 at 00:14.