Qantas pilot looks at employee ownership bid

16 December 2013

Qantas employees are putting together a bid to buy a share in the struggling airline.

Pilot Ian Woods has written to Prime Minister Tony Abbott and says he will need the support of the airline and the Government if he is to push ahead with an employee bid for a share of up to 25% in the carrier.

Read Qantas pilot Ian Woods writes to Tony Abbott over potential employee bid for airline, ABC, 15 Dec

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