That has happened twice in my career:(a) during the major...

That has happened twice in my career:
(a) during the major Airline Strike in 1989
(b) when Ansett fell over 20 years ago.

Westfarmers is obviously centralised with
State Managers located in Perth while many
other national corporations domicile their
State Managers in the respective State Capitals

Both the central and decentralised management
corporate organisation structures have their strengths
& weaknesses and obviously the centralist model
falls short when there are air travel/quarantine issues.