'You are going to have to create wide ranging groups of people who are devising protocols.' Ex-Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford is the latest voice in our Rethinking Recovery series.
of stories in which prominent Melburnians offer constructive ideas about Victoria's way forward.
To illustrate his point, he recalls a phone conversation he had 10 years ago with Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce. Qantas had trained for this scenario, having run mock exercises responding to various disasters ranging from a terror attack to mechanical failure. Joyce knew the Rolls-Royce engine was specific to the A380 and immediately decided to ground the rest of the airbus fleet.
Clifford says the risks for each industry will be different and government policy should reflect that.
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