Qantas could have been and should be 'the gorilla' of Aviation in Australia and the Pacific Basin. It had the opportunity at its feet when Ansett collapsed but the damage was partly wrought by then with a Management obsesssed with domestic operations whose world ended at Darwin and Perth. The same attitudes appear to have continued to this day with a further obsession -Jetstar - that excludes the well-being of the core business. The agenda and strategy has to be a complete mystery.