The owners of Qantas, the shareholders, have approved the pay increase for their CEO, which means, they are satisfied with his performance.

Now, considering they are in fact, the real employers, it's time the striking workers get over the fact that the CEO is paid what he is and, if they don't like it, they can either aspire to take his place, leave, or get over it.

The whole issue is that for Qantas to remain a viable business, they simply can't remain to operate here under the IR restrictions this country has, as it places them at a server disadvantage on the global market, and this is before the carbon tax kicks in.

So the striking workers have to either get the message or risk thier jobs, it's thier call.

rehctub,
don't for one minute believe that the shareholders have an interest in Qantas. They just as quickly move their shares to the Qantas buyer as soon as the writing is on the wall. Shareholders are low-life to a large extent, they don't give a crap about jobs for workers. They only get scared $hitless when their greed calculations look shaky.

There has got to be more behind the scenes. How can you reward bad management, Qantas has been going downhill for several years now. I sadly think qantas is on the verge of a disaster. They have not capitalized on their safety record. And are further downgrading their risk assessment. They don't seem to have the capacity to settle a dispute, and yet the boss is awarded an extra two million.

579,
yep, looks as though Qantas is part of the banks rather than aviation & even more to the point, customer service. re customer service one could be forgiven to think Qantas is part of Telstra.

Get over it?
No, let some facts speak.
The pay rise is in part to make up for rises not taken last time.
In part a BONUS he will not get.
He must see extraordinary share price rises before payment.
Get over it, some commentators are uninformed.

Yeah! well the over payed CEO,s better pull up quick smart or they will find themselves with a business that will be worth nothing.

The amount of money payed to them is ridiculous. Its the workers that makes them wealthy. If they wont pay, we wont work. They have families and lives to live that's just as important as these kings of f..k all....and if they don't pull up quickly, loses will be the order of the day:)

( 5 kids and a partner = $47.ooo a year, plus part time job...$55.000,......so go and laugh that one off Mr CEO......and haft a week to go fishing:) its better than putting up with your crumbs Mr Scrooges!

The best why to fix a smart-arse rich man, is to give him a taste of the poor.

No workers, No business.

Time is money, and their clocks is ticking:)

Have a nice day.

CACTUS