Very valid point. As we know, markets are driven as much by confidence as much as hardcore business results. There seems a group of posters that seem to cynically enjoy ‘talking down’ various airlines. It’s almost as though they are rubbing their hands in glee in anticipation at the potential demise of the next one. There have been some quite unpleasant comments on here about the ‘stupidity’ of crew that have chosen to work for Norwegian. If only there were so many jobs available we all had the choice to be really picky about employment offers - but there isn’t. My family member is potentially about to lose his job with NAS. He has been treated well there, he got his first break there, been part of a great team, made good friends, always got his first base choice and is as sad at losing the camaraderie as much as being made redundant. Sure, there have been negativities. HR has always been a bit chaotic but nowhere is perfect and if that’s the only main complaint, it’s doing pretty well.
Jacob Schram seemed to be doing a pretty good job of turning Norwegian around and although it was always going to be a slow process, was making headway into rationalising long term costs, then along came Covid. I would say on a positive note that the Norwegian government do seem to be doing their best to try and make things as accommodating as they can for NAS which indicates ideally they would like to see its continued existence.