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Armchair experts have not governed the demise of Qantas.

Gareth Evans and the rest of his crew should resign immediately.

J Priest says: No point making detailed arguments about where Qantas is now compared to what it was before.

Just look at its figures, including how its share price is doing on the stock exchange since the CEO came on.

The current board, CEO and entire top management are collectively responsible for Qantas’s current parlous state.

The factors, such as oil price hikes and increased competition, are the same faced by other airlines.

Our iconic ‘national’ airline has been trashed by the current mob.

The latest rationalisation is an example of head-in-the sand management who think they know what Qantas is about.

Hey, look at your figures and your stats.

Air NZ AirlineRatings.com’s Airline of the Year

NJP says: Lovely new aircraft & excellent service… not bad rebuilding job after nearly being broke 12 years ago…Qantas is this your vision of your future?

787-9’s Australian visit highlights Qantas’s rough ride

John says: The whole thing is like watching a slow train wreck.

Customers, shareholders, patriots and those generally interested in Australian jobs are watching Joyce destroy what was once a great Australian icon.

How far out of touch can a management team be? Perhaps they all need to sit in the QF Club and listen to the general discussion among

Now how about some strike aircraft to “God Defend New Zealand”?

loyal, suffering customers about what the perception in the general public is.

A management too timid to make bold decisions, not willing to stand by the customers, the staff and their own decisions.

Yes the presence of the 787-9 should leave the QF management red-faced.

It’s the plane of an airline that could have/should have been!

NZ orders Beech T-6C trainers and sims

Andy says: Now how about some strike aircraft to “God Defend New Zealand”?

Adelaide LHD hull arrives in Melbourne

Peter says: With the rapid pace of developments in UAV technology, you’d be more likely to see these launching on the ski ramp than F-35Bs.

In both amphibious assault capacity and also emergency relief (think recent Philippines, Aceh, Japan and South Pacific Islands RAN assistance), RAN UAVs would be cheaper to run, could stay on station longer and are certainly more stealthy than embarked helos.

Just need to install some trap wires to catch them at their end of mission.

Two or three per LHD, with folding wings, they’d take up less room than one MRH 90 when stored below deck.

Fitted with FLIR, DTV etc and with the ADF’s growing experience with Herons, should be a no-brainer.

Rex issues dire profit warning

Bob says: What rubbish… Although ridiculously high charges by Airservices, CASA and airport owners are a factor, the real issue here is that Rex is getting bashed up by QantasLink and to a much lesser extent Virgin Regional and other players in the charter market.

They are paying the price of failing to re-invest some of their past profits in their product and their markets.