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Old 28th Jun 2020, 23:36
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4 Corners 29 Jun 2020 Aviation

Seeing a few tasters for tonight’s 4 corners which seems to be mostly about Virgin with a little of Qantas and politics chucked in. From what I can see so far it looks like the Chairperson tries to throw one JB under the bus. As much as JB cops heat for where VA ended up, it is the Board who ‘control’ the CEO and the company. I for one have always thought much more scrutiny should have been placed on the board for where VA ended up. So far from what I have read about the story tonight a lot of people are going to come out not looking so flash but the buck stops at the top (Or it should anyway) and you begin to see in this story where it fell apart.
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Old 28th Jun 2020, 23:40
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Liz will be using the virus to cover her arse.

I will fall off my chair if she throws him under the bus. She is the chairperson!!!
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Old 28th Jun 2020, 23:48
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ex ABC- Four Corners:Top bosses at Virgin Australia give insiders' account of .......

Link here to promo article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-...ation/12392730

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Old 29th Jun 2020, 00:27
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The board has to collectively accept responsibility for this cluster f**k - COVID was just the final straw, not the original cause. That can be laid fairly and squarely at the former CEO and the board.
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Old 29th Jun 2020, 01:21
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For whatever reason the board seemed to have escaped scrutiny, perhaps this will lay bare some facts about what’s really gone on at the top. Borghetti’s Vs Scurrah’s plans have been vastly different yet have presumably received approval from the board in both cases, talk about having an each way bet.
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Old 29th Jun 2020, 02:45
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Rumour on the legal street is that the Board and Scurrah are being lined up over the November bond raising for misleading and deceptive conduct over the financial representations they made to investors. The real situation of the accounts was not properly disclosed. Watch this space...
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Old 29th Jun 2020, 02:50
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Any recent board transactions can be examined and dealt with. There may be criminal or civil liability implications. It seems the time period from November to April would fit within the context of "recent" transactions.

In fairness though, no one could have predicted COVID, which was the final issue that drove VAH into administration.

Time will tell if there are aspects that would otherwise attract the interest of the regulator.
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Old 29th Jun 2020, 03:17
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Rumour on the legal street is that the Board and Scurrah are being lined up over the November bond raising for misleading and deceptive conduct over the financial representations they made to investors. The real situation of the accounts was not properly disclosed. Watch this space...
That's surprising. The prospectus for that notes issue was pretty straight up and down. 20 pages of it were dedicated to outlining risks.

What I would like to see is the business case and Board minutes for the acquisition and debt raising. Even with optimistic growth of Velocity the deal had at best a 5 year payback period, likely longer. Most importantly, the debt tanked net equity into the red. Debts exceeded assets by over $100 million and that didn't include the AASB 16 treatment of leases. By trashing the business's net equity it removed any resilience to shocks that the business had. EB is the chair at IAG; if she doesn't understand business risk I don't know who on that Board would.
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They should have removed jv much sooner.
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Old 29th Jun 2020, 04:44
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I don't believe the "board" were being paid millions to build their own mini qantas whilst running the airline into a dodgy financial position with more smoke and mirrors than a David Copperfield show ("we're not making profit but we have plenty of cash" wait a minute..........)
The buck has to stop somewhere and it might as well be with the one that got paid the most
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A less impressive group of individuals would be hard to find. Lizzy seriously has the charisma of a garden gnome. The “it’s not my fault” attitude has been the village idiots modus operandi for years.
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Mossimo taking calls from the media today. First time since he left. Trying to lessen the blow I assume that is inbound.
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Old 29th Jun 2020, 07:48
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They should have removed jv much sooner.
Hey, keep Veitchy out of this! 😉
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This Rex and Nationals under the rug deal is probably another whole episode in itself.

McCormack what a defensive ****.
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Just cannot believe what I just saw... Elizabeth Bryan talked as if she was an innocent bystander and took no responsibility for her appalling lack of oversight... Disgraceful

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Wow..... so it was everybody elses fault.

That would have whipped em all up into a frenzy I reckon
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McCormack was quick to shut down any suggestion of favouritism to Rex. Cronyism at its finest!
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I thought that Alan Joyce presented and prosecuted his case vey well, ditto Paul Scurrah, but Virgin chair EB was a doddering disaster!
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Old 29th Jun 2020, 12:25
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A bunch of self serving crooks, nothing less.
Shameful, and should be criminal behaviour in a publicly listed company.
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Story pulled by ABC?
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