Well then.

“The course will provide guidance on identifying and evaluating ethical dilemmas,considering the consequences and making informed and ethically sound decisions,” the memo said.

Timing is everything,but CBD hears the staff assignment was planned long before the release of Aston’s book. Instead,nobody at Qantas clocked the optics of pressing ‘send’ right when the headlines about political favouritism were kicking off yet again. The cockpit and cabin crew still seem woefully out of sync.

Qantas declined to comment.

Meanwhile,on the subject of exquisite timing,Aston’s book is set to launch on Tuesday night at Merivale cocktail bar Hemmesphere,hours after this mastheadpublished an investigation revealing the alleged exploitation of female staff at the hospitality giant.