If it was my business I would have jumped in long ago before these other carriers arrived and protected my market share. As it is now Cathay,Emirates,MAS, Singapore, and soon Qatar all fly out to the west and beyond mostly full, while ANZ gets plenty to the USA. Good old QF gets none. If they keep allowing the scraps as you put it to drain off to others eventually there will be no market left for them to worry about.That is why Coles and Woolies are always looking to take market share from small operators ie chemists, butchers etc. Cant say I agree with that either but that is another issue.