The boy Asquith has been rage-posting on LinkedIn. Seems he's not keen on folks questioning the plausibility of his incredible scheme. ('Incredible!' is a word Asquith himself loves to use. It is more appropriate to his 'virtual airline' than he probably realises!)
QUOTE AIRLINE GURU JAMES ASQUITH
Great article Condé Nast and thanks for including Global Airlines - When are the “experts” going to get back in their box? Judge us down the line in 12 months (and we are much further than your guess work may indicate) - why by creating jobs, a great working environment, better product and better competition in one of the most difficult sectors (where no expert commentator has succeeeded otherwise they would do and not judge), would people not be supportive. Most of you have very little idea about the financials of the a380, or indeed what passengers actually want - frankly, between every expert out there you own 0 a380s combined, but ironically speak the loudest critically. Airlines are making you look quite silly now, as they know what passengers want. Some experts will say anything to discredit which is insanity when you’ve got minimal understanding of purchase conditions/depreciation/interest surrounding a380s and what that translates to. As always, open book and happy to explain that, but high time that ‘commentators’ that have never started an airline or own zero aircraft combined pipe down. You look embarrassing when airlines are showing you to be wrong - perhaps take accountability when you do get it wrong too, or falsify your narrative - imagine a food critic that talks about food but has never once cooked a meal - that’s the equivalent of what aviation “experts” look like. Anyway, great article @condenasttraveller 👏👏✈️ #a380
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The Conde Nast article was the usual travel-trade pap - no scrutiny of the plausibility of his 'airline' or its fundamentals.
As for the 'experts' - unsure to whom he refers - but he's ACTUALLY been exposed to remarkably little scrutiny so far. The interviews he's done have mostly been light-weight, soft-ball questions or cut-and-paste from his press releases. I'd love to watch him try and sell his fairytale to Airline Business, The Economist or the FT. I'm still waiting to see that 'open book'!
Asquith directs his anger towards 'experts' that haven't managed/operated the A380 or run an airline. But in fact many/most of those commenting have a heck of a lot more experience than he does.
Last I heard his 'fleet' was still rotting in a field somewhere in France!
