Hey there SFO777,
I have a couple of comments to make. And I state from the outset I am torn with respect to your apparent first thread, and also your appearance here. I agree and disagree with much.
I fly a "fair bit", and I agree that Qantas is not perfect, and as any other airline, can fail - especially after what you seem to describe as a **** day. I get that. We have all sufferred cough days. And we also forgive posts that are flavoured by that experience on the day.
But I want to help you by attempting to explain a few things you seem to have failed to grasp in a cultural sense. Let me explain....
(and for the record, in true Australian spirit. I recognize that these are just my opinions and I certainly make no claim to speaking for even the neighbours dog, let alone all my fellow Australians
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Yes, you touched a "nerve". But I suspect it is not what you think it to be. It is not about "attacking our national flag carrier". This is a simple yet very important concept. Australians are not 'nationalistic" like many other countries. We do not beat our chests and yell "Australia is the best". Your audience here in AFF are frequent flyers, and I don't think I have ever come across a single poster who is blindly nationalistic. some love Qantas, but others love Virgin. But that love has nothing to do with national pride. We are far more relaxed about such things.
In Australia, when you first post in a forum, or introduce yourself to a new crowd ( a new group of people), we value modesty far more than self-aggrandizement. You state you make your comments as a "double One World Emerald", as if that may impress or give you credit.To educate yourself more about Australia, please look up the meaning of the expression "whoopty doo", and how we use it here
Yes, we are a smaller nation than the USA, but you will find in our small forum people that make your travels look like a pauper's weekender.
The alleged title of whatever of your posts was seems to refer to Qantas being the "worst of the free world". Yet you say that you also hammer the major English and Yank carriers. Can you please tell me what are those amazing carriers that are the best in the "free world"? I would assume by those terms you will not be including the middle-eastern carriers? Please share who those free airlines are.
Again, this forum, and Australia, are tiny compared to comparitive forums and audiences in the USA. You express the success of your "click-baiting". That is a tad less acceptable here than in the USA.
I do like that you appeared here. I hope it is not just a single post. Just remember that here you are talking to an albeit smaller group, but you are not talking to a bunch of peasants that will hang off the every word of a "double Emerald" - Aussies despise pretentious people.
If you want to do that, get involved in the other travel forums and social media tailored to half-wits - we carry our fair share in this great country - but they are not here