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<em>Illustration: John Shakespeare</em>

Churchillian … Geoff Wilson has no plans to let go of his Contango share. Illustration: John Shakespeare





The Qantas chief executive, Alan Joyce, will be armed with at least one new excuse this morning when he and the Jetstar boss, Bruce Buchanan, front a Senate inquiry into aviation safety in Canberra.


When the two appeared before the inquiry last February, the Irish-born Joyce was called an "Irish bomb-maker" by the Liberal senator Bill Heffernan.


Not a great label to have when you run an airline. During that appearance the Qantas boss also explained that his sidekick, Buchanan, had to leave that morning because he had to make a connecting flight for his sister's wedding.



''We hear all sorts of excuses [but] that is a good one,'' Heffernan said at the time.





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