The ex-Qantas CEO seems about as good at timing the market as he is at self-reflecting.

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.