The Qantas chairman's performance at a public hearing this week has failed to reverse the airline's reputational nosedive, according to a prominent shareholders group.
Appearing at the Senate committee hearing on bilateral air service agreements on Wednesday, Qantas chair Richard Goyder insisted he had the backing of 14 of the airline's 20 biggest shareholders.Pilots and shareholders are unmoved by the Qantas chairman's performance at a public hearing and are doubling down on calls for him to "read the room" and resign.
The Australian Shareholders Association was not swayed by Richard Goyder's evidence to a Senate committee that he retained the backing of the embattled airline's biggest owners, and insisted it needs new executives. "This inability to read the room when government, the media, the business community, investors and the public are calling for change, is concerning, and it will hamper any efforts by Qantas to revive its flagging reputation," the association's CEO Rachel Waterhouse said in a statement.
"It is clear from our members that he does not have the support of the retail investors who own 10 per cent of the company."Appearing at the Senate committee hearing on bilateral air service agreements on Wednesday, Goyder insisted he had the backing of 14 of the airline's 20 biggest shareholders. The committee's inquiry is probing the government's decision to deny Qatar Airways extra flights into Australia, with Goyder and Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson quizzed on what involvement the airline had in that call.
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