mack never said that gov there didn't favour QF. but as for atc we favour the a/c who is in front. i dont spin the an12 just to make the almighty EK
number 1 when he should be number 2. in aus we operate as the rest of the world. there are rules to follow and we follow them. if we see a pilot not following the rules we report them. as far as the departing united pilot there are stories like that for every center all over the world so don't cart out that old chestnut.
Vorsicht
Australians on the other hand generally expect everyone else from non english speaking background to be perfectly fluent in the queens english before they sully the golden shores of good old Oz.
as i have said in lots of other threads its not the pilots whose first language isn't english that is the problem. as a rule they realise that they have to work at the english phrases and as a result are actually pretty good. its the us/uk/can/sa/aus or those who "think" their english is perfect that are the ones who cause the most grief regarding r/t.