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Dixon rides $11m parachute from Qantas nose-dive

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Sullivan : MO : USA | 2 months ago

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Alan Joyce inherited the airline just as the global financial crisis slashed its profits and, as a result, received no short-term cash incentives (which were worth $1.2 million to him as the head of Jetstar in 2008), and a large reduction in the value of his share-based payment.

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