Forum Archive Index - November 2003

[hugh webber <hugh.webber@clear.net.nz>]

Aw c'mon. You can't blame Air NZ for the Ansett debacle in Australia, sounds 
like you have been
brainwashed by 
Australian propaganda.

Blame (a) the Australian Government for insisting on bringing in more 
competition at the same time 
as they agreed to Air NZ taking over Ansett
           (b) the Australian unions for refusing to let Air NZ do any 
rationalisation between
Ansett and 
Air NZ e.g. the engineering and maintenance
            (c) previous Australian ownership for running down the Ansett fleet 
and freezing Air NZ
out 
of the picture until the last moment.

Given all that it was inevitable that Ansett would crash and burn.
What is weird is the Australian media and pressure group interests to try and 
then blame Air NZ for
it 
and for creating silly propaganda stories proven to be untrue that Air NZ had 
been stripping cash
and 
parts out of Ansett before its demise.

It all lines up with stab your Anzac mate in the back as played by John O'Neill 
and never give a
sucker 
a break which is the usual Aussie attitude to NZ. 

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