The Man Who Pied Qantas CEO Is Now Banned From The Airline

Qantas CEO once again treating the company as if he owns it, all this stuff about painting the aircraft pink, pushing RA to sack Falou, telling the crew not to start the PA with “ladies & gentleman and sponsoring gay event in Sydney is pathetic, shareholders should be consulted first as it’s a public listed company. I am a retired B744 training Captain and if had asked me not to address my passengers as “ladies and gentleman”, I would have told him to take a hike. No way other airlines are going to follow Qantas’s ban not even the team members, all this guy has to do is buy his ticket on any one of the great Asian airlines and ignore the high priced Qantas tickets. I can show this guy thousands of ways to travel in comfort and style by avoiding Qantas altogether. And the man will never ever be imprisoned for his action, when real criminals are released on good behaviour bond.

The West Australian, not Western!

This is unsurprising but totally OTT from Qantas. The guy is facing criminal charges, will be punished....that should be the end of it. It's not up to Joyce to make decisions about who can or cannot fly, especially when it's unrelated to safety/security. That Joyce has made this determination will come as no surprise to those familiar with his (self-anointed God-like status). I'm 110% in favour of marriage equality but it's not right that Joyce is spending shareholder ( and taxpayer) money pushing the case. The guy who pied him is a ratbag and a nutter.

This is absolutely scary. What an overreach of power. Imagine if this guy pied the CEO in the face and the CEO was against marriage equality and they banned him, you'd be appalled by the use of power. Remember, he wasn't on a plane and had no contract of carriage. Should Quantas ban everyone who has committed a criminal act against any of their employees, even away from planes? Should they ban people who protest for things they don't like (Most protests involve breaking the law in some way)? Maybe in Australia. Glad I don't live there.

The guy yet to apppear in court with this the CEO has over reacted, he could used this incident in a positive way , like met the guy sit down for a discussion , QF used the interview on their flights; it's the Australian Way to talk differences over a beer. QF is Australia to the world, majority owned by the people of Australian. Mr Joyce is Irish, he failed to understand the conservative culture of Australia, his views is all good in Sydney, Melbourne but not outside the 4 cities. Mr Joyce has used QF in his position to settle a personal score, form that reason he has to be fired.