If AJ reads the Fragrant Harbour section. Would he not think there are a few more cuts to be made?
Of course he will be following and giving advice to CX, he got lucky with fuel hedging, they didn't. They all follow the same IR template: adversarial. It has succeeded for decades driving terms and conditions south and dividing pilot groups.
At CEO level 'interactions' (at Qantas and CX) would have about
six direct reports, and the BS is filtered and crafted upwards, massaging the message and CYA. This is a fundamental difference between hierarchy management and flatter more egalitarian models that tend to empower line operations decision making rather than close them down. Rupert Hogg and Alan Joyce are not the sort of 'leaders' to get out among the troops and solicit opinion. They run their 'battle' from the bunker....They probably need a security detail to interact with anyone. So chances are they both are planning their Christmas lunch.
Pilots assumed the war was over, sadly it never is. Pursuit of lower unit cost of labour has no end date and until this commercially impact either carrier the demographic surge will drive supply issues.
Eventually only the airlines who decide that the model is flawed and failed and thus decide people deserve respect will survive. Whether QF or CX continue down their well established adversarial path is unknown, but as yet they simply refuse to hear the message, but one wonder whether they have the processes in place to even know where to listen...