Bit rich VBPCGUY. Was it not DJ/PB that was protected by the same body a couple of years ago on the QF/ANZ tie up. QF did not even object to current plans. (at elast according to public statements)
DJ have been protected by the ACCC probably more than QF in the past decade. In the early post Ansett days QF could have and probably would have crushed DJ by dumping capacity and prices in the domestic arena. Take a loss to gain a monopoly, but alas the ACCC would not have allowed it for good reason. So it is a little bit rich to say they have been protected. Apart from stopping Singair from the pacific run, I find it hard to think of too many other examples of the Rat being protected. (I am Jet lagged though)