It would be good if QF managed to turn its fortunes around but whilst you pay 50 to 100% above the your competitors in the international space it just isn't going to happen.
The only area where the International business has had success is where you don't have any competition - the Pacific. Where for one reason or another the US carriers have decided not to compete in any serious manner
Ok a $1 billion profit, largely it was just a fluke , getting lucky on falling fuel prices. The international division is still losing a bomb, what does QF have daily service to HK & Sing from each of Melb, Syd & Bris . Whilst I SIA / Cathay have three or four daily flights. Token QF run from Syd to Shanghai & BKK.
All this big talk about 777s & 787s , QF Int are that far behind their competitors it just doesn't matter. Geriatric , slow thinking , slow moving FAs , who act like they are waiting for Hollywood to call, old clapped out planes with entertainment systems the size of an iphone.
Even the "second tier" carriers such as Thai have 787s, Vietnam Airlines having A350s / 787s , these guys have overtaken you.
The narrow body guys are only doing less than 600 hours a year, hundreds of people on LWOP.
Pilot recruitment to QF - just wishful thinking