At the moment the government is picking up all the tabs at taxpayers and public funds expense.
They (the govt.) don't want to rock the boat yet till election time this year or next.
MAS have to pull out from its steep dive and shows its viability. Otherwise after the government win for the next 5 years, the airline will be trimmed down. That mean heads will roll and MAS will land in the gutter.
So MAS can only hope there is no wide scale ressesion, viral attacks worldwide or distruptions due to terrorist attacks as an aftermath of the Iraq war.