The feedback from friends and siblings in the corporate world is that Zoom meetings have enforced how important it is to get proper face to face time. Body language, verbal inflections in the voice that are hidden in Zoom meetings, the ability to have quick side chats with multiple players once the ‘formalities’ are done. They all indicate that they can’t wait to get moving again.
I think your friends and siblings are telling you this to keep you positive my friend. The reality is that Covid19 is showing a lot of businesses how cost effective Skype, Zoom and working from home really is. Unfortunately this will mean a sharp decline in business class and corporate travel in general post Covid19. I am hearing this from people in the corporate world who are licking their lips at the chance to reduce such overheads on the other side of this pandemic.
As for JQ v QF for whatever corporate travel remains post Covid - well you just have to look at the shift that has occured over the last few years in Europe. Many businesses that once flew their employees business class now use Easyjet, Wizzair and even Ryanair to keep costs down. This pandemic will only accelerate the same shift here in Aus in my opinion.