Well said Kaptin!
Traffic; remember what they say about believing everything you see on telly? The same also applies to what you read in the paper, what is said by pols (especially leading up to an election), Airline Board members etc.
Stop throwing the B-S at Kiwis in general & Air NZ in particular.
In the absence of wilful criminal activities, and rationally you HAVE to rule that out, it's hard to see how Ansett got to where it is in 12-18 months if it wasn't already poked, that's all! Air NZ management haven't made a bad job of running that airline over the last 50 odd years, nothing to write home about either, but can they really be that incompetent?
If the Aussies want to disassociate themselves from NZ that's OK, keep the Bledisloe Cup, but '...watch yourseex!'