There is no tinderbox quite like that which sits at the heart of industrial relations in Australia’s aviation sector. So one has to question why Virgin would risk igniting a flare-up with the powerful Transport Workers Union (TWU) by appointing a chief executive that the union is attempting to veto.

For its part the union is firing a shot across the bow – designed to let its private equity owner Bain know that former Qantas executive Paul Jones could be a dangerous decision for the........

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