A union for pilots employed by Australia's Qantas Airways called for the company's chairman to resign following a host of scandals that have drawn fierce criticism from travellers, regulators, lawmakers and its own employees.
called for the company's chairman to resign following a host of scandals that have drawn fierce criticism from travellers, regulators, lawmakers and its own employees.
The Australian and International Pilots Association , which represents most of Qantas's roughly 3,000 pilots, said on Tuesday it wrote to the airline's new CEO Vanessa Hudson demanding the resignation of Chairman Richard Goyder, saying morale "has never been lower". "We have totally lost confidence in Goyder and his board," AIPA President Captain Tony Lucas said in a statement.Qantas declined to comment, referring Reuters to previousGoyder, who has been the airline's chairman since 2018, is not up for reelection at its annual meeting in November.
With the addition of its pilots, the airline that sells three in every five Australian domestic airfares has drawn public attacks from almost every stakeholder group after a string of scandals that saw its previous longstanding CEO Alan JoyceIn a few weeks, Qantas has been accused of lobbying the federal government to stop rival Qatar Airways selling more flights to Australia, served with an antitrust lawsuit alleging it sold tickets...
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