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Old 24th Jan 2006, 11:05
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Now what would wake the investor community up to this nonsense? Looks like nothing. Presumably they will wait until something snaps and then scatter in confusion
Frankly the investor community do not care. I would suggest that the investors only work on the premise that they have GBP, Euro, USD etc on behalf of their funds, and they want to buy investments that grow those funds.

What they do want is return on investment, and frankly FR is good as it does exactly what is says on the tin with very few hidden problems. That FR doesn't pay passengers for cancelled flights is good (less contingency money flowing out), and the use contract staff is good (less commited long-term expenditure with quick changes to the cost base as required).

If MOL could make money by switching to dancing naked on the aprons at Dublin Airport (wearing his security badge & high-vis vest of course) then the investors would be fine as long as he told them first.

Remember these could well be the same fund managers who invested in the dot-com companies
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