Does seem to be some double standards here...
QF claims EK is government owned/supported, yet QF asks the OZ government [and receives] protection of its SYD - LAX (where 60% of QF international profit lives) and asks the government to protect it from further exposure to EK.
The American carriers are protected by government chapter 11 rules. The list goes on...
I think its time that we moved on and faced the opposition with product and high service standards - and just like any other business, the customers will come.