It's nothing to do with money: if I were to describe the Qantas' quality of service on these pages, then the system would ask me to "Remove the profanity".

Well, I can't disagree with any post here as they are all true. But, regardless of that, we are still likely to loose them, and their jobs.

Ome thing that does amaze me is the CEO bashing that goes on in this country.

The damage he caused was in reaction to that idiot Skeldon from the union, who has a vendeda to squash Qantas at any cost. Funny, given that that same union caused most of the problems in the first place with their continual push for more and more. The car industry has suffered from the same fait.

As for the CEO of any local company being over paid, what about sporting stars, or movie stars. Why don't we pick on them?

Finally, as for Jetsar, you get exactly what you pay for, nothing!

as for Jetsar, you get exactly what you pay for, nothing!
rehctub,
No, we don't, they're a rip-off outfit too.

how to fix Qantas
Get rid or Joyce and his board
Get someone in there that can talk to people and unions
Stop paying any shareholders
Get competitive with services In flight and ground
Wage reform starting from the top CEO 200k then start down
Sell Jetstar

how to fix Qantas
Aussieboy,
Spot-on and, while we're at it include the public service too. I fail to see any moral justification for CEO's & EO's costing us 60% plus of the funding allocation. Have their Qantas frequent Flyer points pooled for the organisation's use rather than their personal.

One thing that the QANTAS issue personifies and Alan Joyce is a leading example of, is the poor management skills reflected in Australian industry. Literally "anyone" can step in and run what is a super profitable business, but the real measure of the metal of a manager/CEO is how well they perform when things are tough. Sadly in Australia, management ability is indeed poor on the score of performance, and this has been the case for a very long time, and many an industry survey has born this out. Coincidentally the general performance of the average Australian worker is just the opposite, a person of above average ability who performs well by world standards.

http://www.news.com.au/finance/executive-lounge/bosses-to-blame-for-poor-productivity/story-fng3e17m-1226526941097