So if I understand this thread correctly Joyce is operating outside of the mandate of the QF board and should work for free? Is that correct?
The board is responsible for paying the cartel fines and for developing the culture that enabled that behaviour to develop, the board is responsible for the fleet mix, the board is responsible for where the 787 will go, the board is responsible for Jetstar Pacific and the board is responsible for setting executive renumeration. The board was also responsible for hiring Joyce and for the premium Asian airline strategy. Joyce's role is to present and execute on the board approved strategy.
To try and blame Joyce for this shows a comprehensive lack of understanding on how public companies are run and if Qantas was really run as you have described Gary B then ASIC would be very interested as it would be a wholesale failure of corporate governance and the shareholders who elect the board would only have themselves to blame.
Personally while I don't agree with many of the current directions of Qantas I have to admire Joyce for his ability to continue to execute on the direction of the board in the face of ongoing personal attacks (even taking 2 weeks of work to deal with aggressive prostate cancer). I think a lesser man would have forfeited quite some time ago. The fact that he is still there despite all of this shows a man of great depth in character which reflects the Australian spirit of old rather than the complaining, entitlement spirit of new. For that alone I think he earned every cent this year.
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