Virgin Australia seeks legal advice over comments by Qantas boss Alan Joyce regarding the "foreign takeover of Australian skies" The verbal stoush between Virgin and Qantas has escalated. Picture: Supplied Source: AFP VIRGIN AUSTRALIA have escalated the stakes in the battle of the skies, declaring today it was seeking legal advice about whether it has grounds to sue Alan Joyce. At it's AGM in Brisbane, Virgin confirmed it had hired Leon Zwier to look over accusations the Qantas boss had made about Virgin. "While I am not going to waste any more of our shareholders' time today by giving their false accusations further air time, let me assure you that we have instructed legal advisors to act for us in dealing with this matter," chairman Neil Chatfield said. Mr Chatfield furthermore accused his rival of "an orchestrated media campaign regarding this capital raising," insisting the governance of the board would not change. In a memo exclusively obtained by the Telegraph, Mr Joyce told employees, "After all the hard work we have put in over the past five years - and all the work by the thousands of Qantas people over 93 years of history - I am not sitting by while the future of Australia's Qantas is snatched away," Mr Joyce wrote. Virgin chairman Neil Chatfield. Virgin tells Qantas to man up and compete over foreign takeover of skies Qantas CEO Alan Joyce. Picture: AP Source: Supplied Virgin chief John Borghetti yesterday had accused Qantas of stifling competition and raising prices, adding he would never ask his workers to fight for him.