Prehaps Qantas complaining about Singapore etc don't like the free market priciples they operate to, hence their worry about being uncompetitive?
I don't believe nationalised airlines with soveriegn wealth funds and favourable taxation and accounting standards qualify as free markets. The idea of free markets is that the government stays out of them!
That aside Vorschit is correct. Alan has been wasting squillions overseas and now wants everbody else to fund his Australian op that he has neglected. If they stuck to the local market and funded the local Jetstar and QF ops they would never have the problems they do now.