The difference between the Australian car industry and the German one is the Germans have a reputation for quality such that their brand is aspired to. The Australian car industry, on the other hand, has a reputation for producing heaps of sh1t that only a bogan would aspire to. If the mining boom ever goes tits up there will a market flood in Perth of cheap Maloo utes. Priced exactly what they're worth, next to nothing.
The same could be said of QANTAS. It once had a rolled gold brand the envy of just about every company on the planet. Ranking with the likes of Coca-Cola for brand recognition. Unfortunately the Mercedes of the airline world has become just another sh1t box Holden. It could have been so different with competent management that knew what they had.
The fact that it recently took a Middle Eastern carrier, who knows how to look after a premium passenger, to point out to QF management that it is unacceptable to con your premium passengers into buying a QANTAS ticket, on the QANTAS website, only to force them onto Jetstar, shows just how pitifully inept QANTAS management are.
These pricks know the cost of everything and the value if nothing.
