‘I feel the ghost of Alan Joyce in the room’: Qantas battling ‘brand damage’ as shareholders rage at AGM

Qantas shareholders have used the company’s annual general meeting on Friday to once again question the airline’s beneficial treatment of former CEO Alan Joyce.

As reported by News Corp, one angry shareholder claimed “brand damage to the point where Qantas’ own shareholders are cheering on competition from Qatar Airlines,” adding: “I feel the ghost of Alan Joyce in the room. Qantas has a proud reputation of 85 years of great service and then Alan Joyce, which became the personal plaything of the CEO.”

The shareholder continued by suggesting Joyce have $3.4 million rescinded from his final year pay packet: “Alan Joyce deserves base salary in my view.”

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