Qf has a very competetive cost base on an international level when compared to european/american/middle eastern and most but not all asian carriers.
QF international pilots are paid around the mid range & fly around the mid range of hours per annum. Those figures came from the company during EBA7 negotiations. Additionally, the fact they dont heavy crew is also an efficiency gain.
i cant see many CEO's going J* between Syd& Mel
Correct, the Jetstar CEO chooses to fly Qantas. In fact he went out of his way recently to stick round after all the pax de-planed & spoke with the tech & cabin crew & gave them the opportunity to provide him some direct feedback.