Wisdom of this forum
Since joining this website forum, I've seen the plans of many airlines and airports being debated. Typically when multiple members of the crowd here express concern or puzzlement about a business plan, there will be a few dissenters but the majority are typically proven right within 12 months. Possibly having no emotional attachment (e.g. giving an opinion without being dependent on a salary from the company) allows freedom of expression in a way that an employee cannot tell their boss than an idea is stupid
I'm puzzled therefore as to why airlines do not have some sort of trusted focus groups to gain the opinion of many of the old grey heads that lurk here, before spending millions on plans doomed to failure. The general ethos here seems to be of encouraging airlines to start up and expand their businesses in a stable and robust way and avoid diving into great steaming piles of red ink manure.
Could such a focus group work reliably, and without risking information leaking out to the wider public ? Has it been tried before ?