Alan Joyce writing a memoir

[RooFlyer]

Reported in The Australian

Former Qantas boss Alan Joyce discusses his 'cathartic' new memoir

“I’m finding that it’s good bringing back all the history, and it’s amazing what you remember,” Mr Joyce told The Australian on Wednesday at the launch of an unrelated book – the Sydney Seaplanes.

“I’m talking to people and getting their memories, cross-checking and corroborating. There’s a lot in it, and I think it will be an interesting read.”

He stopped short of suggesting the book would “set the record straight” after his name and reputation were soundly rubbished in the wake of his exit from Qantas. A series of controversies embroiling the airline, from the illegal outsourcing of ground crews to the sale of tickets aboard “ghost” flights, led to the board slashing $9.3m from what would have been a $23m farewell payout.

Release expected in September. I've almost finished re-reading The Chairman's Lounge, so reading the other side will be .... fascinating.

 

[clifford]

Do we care about AJ? Not me. The less I hear about him the better.

However, my cognition, intuition and imagination are fine, thanks....

Oh, and an honourable mention for Vanessa.

 

[Quickstatus]

Release expected in September.

Lemme know when it is in the clearance section.
When i was in Copenhagen in may 2024, I noticed Spare was in the clearance section of a local bookstore at 50% off.

 

[Saab34]

Wouldn’t you just take your hundreds of millions and just disappear?

 

[Melburnian1]

Wouldn’t you just take your hundreds of millions and just disappear?

I've met more than a few high profile (and highly 'monetised') individuals and have always wondered the same.

They just can't help themselves.

 

[Saab34]

I guess Jayne Hrdlicka is another. Probably pulled up to $100m in her time at Virgin, not to mention millions before that job, and now is going to run Dan Murphys.

Now if I had a few hundred million, you know you only live once, spend that last 30-40 years living life.

 

[RooFlyer]

Wouldn’t you just take your hundreds of millions and just disappear?

Ah, but there’s the legacy.

 

[jb747]

It will say “I was great” many times on each page.

 

[Saab34]

It will say “I was great” many times on each page.

That’s what I think is the whole purpose. He is trying to advertise himself to potential boards.

I wonder if he will talk about why he intentionally participated in illegal behaviour. As far as I see he is a corporate criminal.

 

[jb747]

I wonder if he will talk about why he intentionally participated in illegal behaviour. As far as I see he is a corporate criminal.

Rich criminals get away with it. It's only poor people who are taken to task.

 

[RooFlyer]

I wonder if he will talk about why he intentionally participated in illegal behaviour. As far as I see he is a corporate criminal.

Ah but in Joe Aston‘s book, he lays out how in the court case, it was shown how extremely carefully it was crafted so that Andrew David was the one to be entirely responsible the worker sacking thing, and specifically not Joyce. The explanation of the workings of the management committee sounds like a game of twister.

 

[Denali]

Dear (Alan's) Diary,

Today I made a grave mistake: I searched “How rich am I?” on Google.
Now my algorithm thinks I’m either having an existential crisis or shopping for gold-plated teapots.

This morning I found yet another loyalty card in my wallet. I don’t remember signing up for it. I think once you hit a certain income bracket, companies just mail you memberships. I’m fully expecting a “Welcome to the Millionaires Keynote Speaker Circuit’ Bowling League” starter kit any day now.

Then my accountant rang to tell me something “important,” which, naturally, meant another reminder that I’m still wealthy and my wealth continues to grow. Ugh. Can’t a man have a moment of suspense in his life?

 

[ols]

It's going to be called "Gnome Alone" ?

 

[Princess Fiona]

He seems to live rent free in a lot of people’s heads here

 

[Melburnian1]

He seems to live rent free in a lot of people’s heads here

To be expected, given how he allowed the airline's fleet to dramatically age, shunning investment, and how its punctuality and reliability suffered as a result (and while there are other factors, arguably continues to suffer).

Plus his appalling political correctness, a subject beyond this forum. He ought have retired gracefully and declined to comment on any public policy.

 

[RooFlyer]

He seems to live rent free in a lot of people’s heads here

He's earned it!

 

[TheRealTMA]

Lemme know when it is in the clearance section.
When i was in Copenhagen in may 2024, I noticed Spare was in the clearance section of a local bookstore at 50% off.

Just 50%? Still not tempted.

 

[Saab34]

The target demographic here would be rather small. I mean, he would probably have a group inside QF that would buy it, some curious employees and those who side with him. Outside of that, perhaps some rusted on QF loyalists, and some Baby Boomers.

Probably a few hundred copies but certainly won’t be selling thousands.

Expect a big media push on release. Again, he is selling a book to try and convince everyone why he did what he did which ended up just getting people offside for his companies bottom line. I don’t think as many are overly interested compared to Aston who was exposing all these fools for what they are. Imagine sacking all that people, pulling in hundreds of millions in salary, then going to write a book, why would anyone be remotely interested. Aussies hate this stuff and it’s pretty clear whenever his name is mentioned on socials, and those videos with people having a go at him while walking down the street.

 

[RooFlyer]

The target demographic here would be rather small. I mean, he would probably have a group inside QF that would buy it, some curious employees and those who side with him. Outside of that, perhaps some rusted on QF loyalists, and some Baby Boomers.

Probably a few hundred copies but certainly won’t be selling thousands.

Oh, I think a lot more than hundreds. I would expect the print run to be at least 2,000 (due to unit cost) and he'll certainly have a name publisher who will push it hard. He is or was a very high profile businessman and there will be a lot of curiosity about what he says.

I wonder how many points from the Qantas shop?

Christmas present to P1s next year?