We get it. It's not always great. But this could be a really helpful thread if it wasn't for the unnesscary commentary all the time.
958,000 views thus far suggests some AFFers find it useful and helpful.
I admire you for sticking up for your employer, but if you perceive 'it's just me' who criticises QFi, read 'The Age', 'SMH', 'Herald Sun', 'Daily Telegraph' and so on. A casual look at other 'AFF' threads (and competing websites) would provide further support, and that's before glancing at Google or TripAdvisor reviews.
It'd be preferable to have a longer time period to compare performance than just two months.
I referred to 'USA' routes and wasn't confining it to SYD or MEL to LAX.
So let's look at SYD to HNL and its return route:
'On time' from 1 April to 31 May 2023, which I assume is 'arrival time', is said to be 53 per cent for QF103. 'Excessively late' which I can't see as defined but may be above an hour late, is 19 per cent. There weren't any cancellations.
HA452 is the competitor. 'On time' is 65 per cent, not great but better than QF103. 'Excessively late' was only two of the 48 flights surveyed, with no cancellations.
In the other direction, QF104 was not 'on time' or just 'late' once in the survey period. Of 42 flights, 17pc were 'very late' and 83pc 'excessively late'. As I've remarked a few times, it'd be interesting to know why the turnaround seems to almost constantly lose time at Honolulu.
Compare this to HA451: 'on time' has been 53pc, 'late' 24pc, 'very late' 10pc and 'excessively late' 12pc. Again, not A1, but way above the competitor, QFi.
So on this route, QFi southbound has an unfavourable variance in 'excessively late' arrival in Sydney of a staggering 71pc compared to Hawaiian Airlines.
A shocking performance by QFi.
It'd be useful if you let us know why there are so many delays up there. When the (typically) A333 aircraft does a 'yo-yo', up to three consecutive QF103-104 trips, it is able to turn around in Sydney pretty efficiently, but at the other end, a different story.
One can't compare SYD-SFO yet as insufficient data from the QF73 (re)commencement, and nor can one compare SYD/MEL to DFW as IIRC there isn't a competitor offering a nonstop.