The company is trying to put the blame for its high costs on SR Technics, but it's simply ludicrous.
Yeah, they tried the same trick last year with ex-Crossair and it didn´t help much.
The only problem? You mentioned it: all the groups who have power in Swiss and who would loose it in such a deal.
Spot on! Now ask yourself the following question: "who has all the power in Swiss?" Answer: Aeropers!
Long haul has no future in Switzerland with the proximity of MUC, VIE and FRA. If it comes to a deal with Lufthansa you will see that what will be left of Swiss will be a downsized version of the former Crossair, feeding pax into Lufti´s 747´s and A340´s.
Back to square one, back to October 2001.
