American: Chapter 11, 14,000 jobs to go

Qantas: Where do I start....will they be around in 2years?

Malev: Went bust this morning

........aren't there checks and balances to see who could be a reliable alliance member?

There was Mexicana a couple of years ago and Kingfisher is another possible. It appears they'll take anyone who wants to join.

Kingfisher is going under fast. The government stated the other day that kingfisher should cease and decease as it is too expensive to save. In fact jet airways is also on the brink of failure.

Oh man can you imagine the ' opportunity' for CX into India if those two fail - even freighter rosters are going to be more fun than the Airbus..

Actually in hindsight we don't have the planes or crew - except if we buy all the failed airlines jets and hire their crew at the same time - now there's an opportunity for CX if ever there was one..

makes you wonder which crappy 3rd class airlines they're gonna invite next ....

Maybe they should change the name to "Third World"

Maybe they should change the name to "Third World"

Little campaign buttons with exactly that on them got one of our number fired "for no particular reason" back in 2001...