Chief executive Alan Joyce said that the delay was due to prioritising voluntary redundancies over compulsory ones.
The TWU's National Secretary said, “The Qantas CEO is good at walking the halls of Canberra when it suits his agenda yet quick to hang workers out to dry.”
The Qantas Group has announced it will cut 6,000 jobs altogether and continue stand-downs for 15,000 employees.
After weeks of good news, mixed messaging between state and federal governments is spooking consumers.
Australian Aviation investigates hundreds of complaints from Qantas customers angry over their inability to get refunds or information.
The commission will now look for “early signs of damage” that could “damage a competitor or drive them off route”.