Sunfish,
Your anger diminishes your argument. Like others you have accused of being selective in their facts, so have you. Restricting the argument to Australia makes it of no useful value.
In this distorted world aviation market, with bilateral agreements etc, Qantas enjoys no more advantage on its home turf than does any other international carrier on theirs. In fact, I would suggest that the home advantage of airlines such as Sing Air, Thai or Malaysian far exceeds that of QF... And let's not get started on protectionism in the land of the free.
You are correct in that things aren't perfect, but I would suggest other strategies to correct the inequities.
Rgds
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