AFR's Joe Aston goes BAM!

[RooFlyer]

The one that is not doing too well is TWE.

Yes, he described that as ‘challenging’.

 

[MELso]

For those able to access The Fin: Alan Joyce, the king of delusions

 

[moa999]

Well looks like at least one person read AJs book.

 

[Melburnian1]

'News24', the former Sky News, interviewed Joe Aston on 27 July 2026. There's an online video with about 10 minutes of content.

In summary, Mr Aston says Alan Joyce is incapable of self analysis re his mistakes but it would be great to have him "return" as an entity's CEO because he always provides so much material for Aston and his Rampart online publishing venture. Aston was especially critical of how Joyce treated Qantas staff.

Aston said he was certain those advising Joyce had read Aston's book (which sold 60,000 copies), even though Joyce claims not to.

Aston noted how Alan Joyce continues to use the excuse for his behaviour that 'Qantas was 11 weeks from bankruptcy' during COVID but Aston reminded viewers Joyce did not initially say that. If I correctly recall the video, Aston suggests Joyce has only said this post-COVID: it's easy to debunk this Joyce assertion.