The airline’s former chief executive is plotting a return to corporate life, and says he has plenty to offer despite the opprobrium at the end of his tenure.

It has been more than five years since Qantas announced the redundancies of 1820 people in a move the courts ruled unlawful. Most still haven’t been compensated.

Taking the blame for a chaotic post-COVID era, Joyce conceded that the airline struggled with soaring airfares and illegal job cuts, in comments made to media.