For ex-SAS people like me, this is a sad sign, but it's not 1985 any more, and as Jan Carlson identified way back then, geography, cost base and population will never be on their side, and the lo-co carriers have come to dominate like no-one would have ever predicted.
Actually, Carlson gave closure/take-over of SAS as one of the possible 21st century outcomes in the mid-eighties, unless costs and productivity issues were addressed. I hope it does not come to this.
Last edited by Midland 331; 12th Nov 2012 at 12:58.