Joe Aston

Joe Aston

Joe Aston is the founder of Rampart. He is an Australian Financial Review columnist and the best-selling author of The Chairman’s Lounge: The Inside Story of How Qantas Sold Us Out.

Regal's Phil King plays a blinder

Regal's Phil King plays a blinder

King has always been a shrewd risk manager, incredibly deft at placing his bets on a variety of colours and numbers before the ball goes. That's what's so surprising about this f— up.

Falling for Vanessa Hudson

Falling for Vanessa Hudson

Hudson is continuing to strategically underinvest in the Qantas (but never the Jetstar) fleet, even while she claims the opposite and everyone nods along.