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.

 

[RooFlyer]

Joe Aston certainly does well out of Alan Joyce. I thought the AFR column would be a rehash of his Rampart one, but its new - obviously having looked at the book.

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.

Its the other way around. Subsequent to COVID, Joyce was claiming the airline was only "11 weeks from bankruptcy [full stop]". In his book, Aston notes that that claim had problems - like the lack of advice to the ASX on the subject!! In his recent AFR column, Aston notes that Joyce is now claiming that Qantas was 11 weeks from “running out of cash… if we didn’t take action” - very different.

After that are several very strong paragraphs by Aston, which I'm surprised to see in print. The entertainment continues.