00:00All smiles after the turbulence of another self-inflicted PR disaster.
00:07The Qantas boss talking up bumper profits.
00:11We have also today announced an order for a further 20 XLRs for Qantas.
00:16The airline posting a near record profit, up 28% to $1.6 billion.
00:22As Qantas and Jetstar carried an extra 4 million passengers,
00:26Qantas said 82% of its flights were on time and 76% for Jetstar.
00:33Just don't expect fares to drop as a result.
00:36There are probably fewer low fares around because of the shortage of capacity
00:41and that's not really going to change very much.
00:44Vanessa Hudson insisted a cultural shift is underway
00:48after the airline copped a record-breaking $90 million fine
00:52for sacking 1,800 workers during the pandemic.
00:56As for whether Qantas still came out on top financially.
01:00We are accountable for that decision and we accept the penalty.
01:04While the Qantas boss is keen to move on,
01:07the scorch mark of the scathing federal court judgment remains.
01:11It described an aggressive company more concerned about its own reputation
01:15than breaking the law.
01:17Attention is now turning to executive pay and bonuses.
01:21When they're making record profits,
01:23we're seeing that siphoned off to executive pay
01:25and that really needs to stop.
01:27The airline is also facing the looming legal fallout
01:30from the massive cyber attack.
01:32Whilst we are not paying compensation,
01:34what we are doing is we are focused on continuing
01:36to support our customers.
01:38Help this Qantas cyber attack victim says she hasn't received.
01:42They should not at all get their full bonuses.
01:44With the airline's finances intact,
01:47a call for Qantas leadership to pay.
01:51They should not work through.
01:53They should have to show how to support our children's
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