Just to reinforce the case that the punters are "perceiving" that there's something rotten in QANTAS, I was just reading a post on an international non-aviation forum ... where a guy was complaining about engineering and malfunction delays on his flights with a major international carrier.
He finished his post with: " .. at least I don't have to fly on QANTAS"
Once upon a time that used to be the likes of Garuda or Air India etc