Sunfish , instead of another rant bleating about some perceived injustice , has it ever occurred to you that there is another explanation ?
QF mainline withdrew from Maroochydore because nobody was paying fully fare Business Class. Maybe you were one of them ? Same at Gold Coast. And until recently Hobart. No conspiracy required. QF hubs out of Sydney , not just for historical reasons , but because that’s how you fill a B747 or A380.Once demand grew direct Melbourne- LAX , and Brisbane- LAX were ,in fact , commenced . Again no conspiracy required. No “vandalism” either.
QF does not have a social obligation to provide mainline services to anywhere you see fit. Its a business.
Holden went bust because management couldn’t justify the investment required to develop a new product line in a market that had lost interest in its current line . Again no conspiracy required. QF would go the same way if hard decisions aren’t made.
Its a big bad world out there. Frothing at the mouth diatribes don’t change reality.