Busdriver,
Pleeeease dont compare what SQ and MH do with what you reckon Qannnass SHOULD do. Qannass is based in a tinpot country with a tiny population at the end of the line with no geographical significance at all. SQ and MH and EK etc have a much lower cost base thanks to cheap labor, they have been blessed with location providing them with tons of thru traffic, they are bordered by huge populations of emerging middle class travellers and mate they offer service that actually attracts pax.
Its wasted effort to ever think QF will be on the same footing as these carriers - why would a small country like oz be flying the flag carriers flag all around the world. QF will probably shrink back into the insignificant airline it should always have been without being propped up by the tax payer for most of its life.
Change is going to happen. Stop pretending flag carriers are the beginning and end of aviation. The future is asia or the middle east.