As good as it gets for Qantas?
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Timing is everything in the corporate world. And the most skilled chief executives seem to have an innate knack for it — especially when to take on a job and when to exit it.
That's something to keep in mind today when assessing Qantas' record annual profit — the last for its long-serving and pugnacious chief executive Alan Joyce.
The Joyce era at Qantas has been highly turbulent. From the bitter disputes with unions in 2011 that saw planes grounded across the country, to its near-death experience a decade later during COVID-19 and the ensuing national outrage over cancelled flights and lost baggage when things started to get back to normal.
It's been a ride, but having steered the business back to profitability (a record profit no less), Joyce will leave on a high.
