This book is the account of the Qantas story that every airline passenger needs to read- the full and frank history of Australia's national airline - updated with two new chapters It takes you into the boardroom, where golden parachutes are signed off, and onto the hangar floor, where engineers battle accounting cuts to keep planes flying safely. It takes you back to the foundation of the airline to disprove the line that Qantas never crashes. This is the warts and all history the Qantas PR department does not want you to read ...but you can bet they'll be reading it too!
Author Biography
Matthew Benns is a freelance journalist and has written for publications from the SMH to the Sun Herald to the UK tabloids. He is also the author of a number of books including The Men Who Killed Qantas for Random House. His last book, Dirty Money, was number one on the business books bestseller list and described by investigative journalist John Pilger as a terrific book - the first of its kind in Australia . Using impeccable sources Matthew provides Australians with the uncomfortable facts and shocking answers to the questions raised against our big business and icons and he doesn't flinch from the facts.
