As the troubled airline fights with customers, crews, and former employees, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce had his expansive $19 million waterfront property covered in eggs and toilet paper.
Furious protestors attacked the CEO and his husband Shane Lloyd’s stunning new Mosman home overnight on Monday even though they had only moved into it in May on Sydney’s lower north shore.
On Tuesday, residents in the affluent neighborhood noticed toilet paper rolls and splattered eggs adhered to the roof of the six-bedroom harbourside home.
Additionally, it appeared like fruit or some other object had been hurled at the garage door.
Police have not yet found the offender, but there is a long list of suspects who could be to blame after the airline’s reputation suffered during the Covid pandemic.
After Qantas delayed numerous flights, many passengers claim they are still waiting for refunds on tickets they purchased but were unable to use.
Others who did manage to get a flight have since experienced misplaced luggage and up to 12-hour phone waits to speak with customer support about finding it.
In the early stages of the epidemic, the airline also laid off thousands of ground employees and outsourced their operations, a decision that is currently having a negative impact on travelers.
Due to Covid’s cost-cutting measures, cabin crew employees were also laid off as the airline fought for its very existence.
Even though Qantas received $2 billion in government support, some 15,000 employees were let off without pay or forced to take leave in the middle of 2020, and another 2,500 were stood down in August 2021.
Former employees are still without jobs, and present employees claim the airline is abusing their loyalty.
More than half of Qantas passengers had their flights either delayed or cancelled last week, in a terrible seven days for both Qantas, putting the airline at some of its lowest performance levels ever.
With only 44% of domestic flights arriving on time, Qantas cancelled 6.7% of those flights.
Joyce, 55, and his husband traded up from their inner city penthouse at The Rocks to purchase the four-story 1908 Federation property on the lower north shore.
The 15-room house features six bedrooms, numerous living areas, and outdoor living areas on two enormous decks in gorgeous gardens with a view of the bay.
The 631 square meter house was entirely renovated in 2015 into a massive four-level mansion that is perched above a sizable parterre garden with three levels that leads to the water.
It features a jetty by the water that can fit a 7.6-meter sailing boat, and Mosman Rowers, a local sailing club in Sydney, is right across the street.
Additionally, it has a priceless permanent berth and a shark-netted sea pool all to itself.
The mansion has a home theater, a wine cellar, four bathrooms, and a sizable double garage.
The eggers targeted the roof of the garage, throwing many eggs at it before hurling long lengths of white toilet paper across the tiles.
Given that the roofing is located three storeys above the entrance courtyard below, Mr. Joyce will almost probably need to engage tradespeople to remove it.
Following the attack, neighbors expressed sympathy for the Qantas CEO after learning further facts were made public online.
“This is repulsive. What a dreadful thing to do,” one person wrote, and many more concurred. Vandalism is bad in any case, one furthered.
Some people were harsher.
One read, “Qantas employee here.” Poor guy, perhaps he can get some of his contractors to clean it.
Another person commented, “I’m sure he’ll just hire some cheap labor to clean it!”
Others found humor in it and made jokes about the potential creation of a podcast on the incident, making fun of the customs of the inhabitants.
One person said in the neighborhood Facebook group, “It was 9:02pm, completely black, and the neighborhood was quiet.”
Following the attack, neighbors expressed sympathy for the Qantas CEO after learning further facts were made public online.
“This is repulsive. What a dreadful thing to do,” one person wrote, and many more concurred. Vandalism is bad in any case, one furthered.
Some people were harsher.
One read, “Qantas employee here.” Poor guy, perhaps he can get some of his contractors to clean it.
Another person commented, “I’m sure he’ll just hire some cheap labor to clean it!”
Others found humor in it and made jokes about the potential creation of a podcast on the incident, making fun of the customs of the inhabitants.
One person said in the neighborhood Facebook group, “It was 9:02pm, completely black, and the neighborhood was quiet.”