Originally Posted by
ifylofd
See the leprechaun down in the southern half globe has been making false promises about dirt cheap fares. What a sham. Blind Freddy could read through those stories and press releases designed to assert a level of forward confidence price/market 'encouragement' which is rubbish, along with the assertion that the alleged cheap fares will be available on a mass basis - like 5 seats a flight. What a devious little leprechaun. Pity the readers of the mass press / fake news promoters - will never really understand the backdoorroom deals that are done under the lampshade of the Chairman's 'lounge'. Do they know what they are in for?
I dislike the man as much as the next guy, but in this case he’s doing his job: spruiking the airline and trying to boost confidence in the market.
As far as 2021 goes, no one, including Joyce, has a clue about what that’s going to look like. Post-virus the regulatory and political landscape will be different, the competition regulatory regime may be entirely different and the financial, industrial and demand landscapes are all going to be changed. It is still completely unknown what competition there will be, what the aircraft market will be and when or what destinations will be safe enough to schedule. To say nothing of the economy.
But yeah, back room deals aplenty being made with zero visibility. Sure.