But surely AFF is the forum to discuss these? Yes, you might have a consistently good experience on Qantas, but if that is driven by status, it's fair to mention that.
I reflected on that last night and on my flights in the last few years.
I actually don't have status with any current airline (as I stated I am a bronze with QF, pretty sure that doesn't count for anything)
This forum might be a bit grating for flyers, who even though they may have, or currently do, fly a reasonable amount but not bothered to chase status with an airline.
I have observed that clearly some airlines spend a lot of effort sucking up to statused passengers and couldn't give the proverbial about the plebs. Contrary to the marketing image they try to create, VA last week was a clear example of the above.
Some airlines do sucking up generally to all passengers better than others and one particular asian airline comes to mind (even though on observation it often comes across as quite insincere in my eyes).
I guess my experience as a pleb across many many airlines is vastly different to those who have worked hard to get attention and special favours from a smaller number of airlines.
I find QF crews can be a bit inconsistent from flight to flight and more getting on with the job than all fixed smiley faces, but they are generally genuine, mostly friendly and helpful (not in a servile manner) with small percentage that are obviously that are in the wrong career. Maybe it is a bit of Aussie culture coming through to not be so enamoured with DYKWIA and some of the extra niceties.
Opinion is coloured by experience and everyone has a different experience, but touch wood over several decades unlike several other airlines, I've not been seriously inconvenienced by QF flight operations and when there were IRROPS they were caused by an unavoidable event like an airport being closed for 4 hours due to fog and they recovered very quickly.
QF isn't perfect, but I haven't had a "perfect" experience on any airline.