“No country in Europe would let them away with as much as the 'see no evil, hear no evil' baffoons that we have in the IAA.”
www – little jaundiced aren’t we – shall we just say I had good reasons for mentioning the other EU Authorities that I did – and have had dealings with them.
I think you are overestimating the other authorities
Don’t get carried away by the other airlines ready to pick up the routes – a transfer of the place of business does NOT necessarily mean you have to give up your routes.
And you don’t have to “behave” – but you should be aware of ALL possibilities no matter how far fetched you belive it could be – a good strategist never says “oh they won’t do that” – he / she says “they probably won’t do that – but if they did …………” – in other words plan / consider ALL possibilities.