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Joyce vs Aston: the feud between the CEO and Qantas’s main critic

Alan Joyce made an estimated total remuneration of about A$130m from his time with Qantas. Author Joe Aston credits his early achievements but questions his legacy.

Alan Joyce saw Covid as an opportunity to transform the airline’s cost structure, says Joe Aston.

Working for Qantas is sometimes described as being a member of a cult, but Joe Aston says he never really drank the Kool Aid.

For two years in the first decade of this century, a 20-something Aston was a senior adviser on corporate communications for Qantas, but says he “wasn’t great at towing

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Lachlan Colquhoun Fri, 03 Jan 2025
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