Arnold E. "but wouldn't it make sense to increase the cost of flying to compensate???".........um, only 13% of people arriving or leaving Australia use QF. Surely charging higher fares would only force those 13% o to another carrier?
"most Australians have an interest in what happens to QF"........um, they don't! The people who read this thread do. The 87% who fly on other carriers shows the level of interest. Zip, nada, nil.