

The indirect interior monologue consists of the character’s thoughts as presented by the omniscient narrator (Sang 173). Stream of consciousness is associated with direct and indirect interior monologue.ĭirect interior monologue includes the characters unuttered thoughts presented in a way that they are unregulated by the author’s language. Sang discusses that stream of consciousness is “composed of the continual activity of the characters’ consciousness and shower of impressions” (173). In a sign of the tense relationship with unions, Joyce, when answering a question on a different topic minutes later, took a parting shot at the union movement.Įvery other airline in the globe has got similar problems over the last year, but operational performance, customer delivery, the thing that makes Qantas special is its people, and there’s a difference between our people and the unions, sometimes people forget that our people are highly engaged.Stream of consciousness is a flow of ideas and images without any particular order. I’m also looking forward to meeting unions and union leaders and I look forward to developing a constructive relationship with them for the benefit of our people, but also for the benefit of our organisation.įocusing on that constructive relationship to the benefit of our people, but also the benefit of our organisation is what’s going to be my focus.

Joyce’s term as one of the country’s most well-paid CEOs has been punctuated by controversies, including when he grounded Qantas’ entire fleet in 2011 amid an industrial dispute, as well as the outsourcing of 1,700 ground handling jobs in 2020 that was later ruled illegal and which is being challenged in the high court.Īt a press conference unveiling her promotion from chief financial officer on Tuesday, Hudson spoke of a different approach to the union relationship that Joyce had cultivated.

Qantas’ incoming chief executive, Vanessa Hudson, has spoken of “developing a constructive relationship” with unions, a dynamic which had become combative under the 15-year term of outgoing head Alan Joyce.
