Qantas CEO blames 'little' government help and Covid for lagging behind some of its peers
, the CEO answered: "We're very different from different airlines because within Singapore, there wasn't a need to sack, stand down people that we had to do."
Australia's Transport Workers' Union have asked Qantas' CEO to resign over for "empty promises to frustrated passengers" and "announcing more tactics to silence workers and suppress wages."Joyce also told CNBC that schedules that were in place six months in advance during the pandemic were upended and said staff absences from Covid infections also unraveled its recovery plans.
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