Mr Higgins, I agree, QF is still agreat airline.
I also say that there are a disproportionate number of w**ker pilots who inhabit QF. Simply there are a greater number of QF pilots who are up themselves than you would find in other airlines.
Some will disagree, some will agree. It's a personal observation, noted from personal contact with those pilots, and one with which you don't have to concur.
I read in a newspaper that since most tickets were 'special fare, non refun dable' there will be no travel insurance coverage. That point was also made by an IATA representative on the Today show the day they went under. So it would appear that QF can't recover any loot from the insurance companies, or perhaps very little.