IHD,
you forgot to mention the f@#k up with the galleys.
QF in it's "wisdom" elected to hobble what is, after all, a long range aircraft by only giving it enough galley space for ONE meal service.
This was done against the advise of Airbus and every operational department of Qantas.
The bean counters OBVIOUSLY knew better.
Airbus galley bulkheads are integral to the airframe so moving them after manufacture [as can be done with the Boeing product] wasn't an option.
The refit to the galleys cost something in the order of AUD $100 Million.
Wasn't GOD himself proclaiming to one of our pilots how excited he was at Qantas getting delivery of the LONG RANGE 333 ??
Rumour has it that he didn't even know that the 332 was the long range variant........