Westy talks about Qantas’ excuses for why they were selling tickets for flights which were known to be nonexistent. Qantas ‘claims’ that passengers were not actually buying a flight when they stumped up their $500 for a flight on a certain time and date to a certain destination. Rather, they were buying a ‘bundle of rights’ to a flight. A bundle of rights!
Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.