The Virgin 777 operation was terrific, having family in the States and making many trips a year you could rely on them. Never, ever had an issue, they were reliable and always a good price.
Qantas needs a viable competitor, if for no other reason than to keep it honest and improving.
Mate, it's gone past that, they are a shot duck. If you look at the massive UA expansion over the pacific, it dwarfs qantas. qantas is too busy shafting its staff to notice what just happened. We haven't heard from American or Delta on their pacific plans yet. Delta announced a 5 billion dollar profit but promised better results, this while announcing massive increases in pilot remuneration.
qantas is an embarrassment, where is the fleet growth announcement, pretty much replacing old planes, haven't got the balls to expand, management happy to just line their bloated world class remunerated pockets. Compare the remuneration to airlines 10 times their size. Australia, aviation embarrassment.