nothing personal, but lets face it since QF has been a private company some ten years ago there is little protection. as you would know sq,cp,ek and others have almost unlimited access to oz. so do most european and Us airlines. there are other competitors who have the opportunity to compete on the US sectors but choose not to do so. going back to sq they also had the opportunity to invest long term into oz but choose not to do so. qantas can compete on a wage level with most carries but not with taxrates, depriciation etc.as i said cherry picking is the name of the game
