Just read through this thread, and I can barely believe it; there doesn't seem to be a single post from the WhoFlu? CEO himself, in any one of his many, many guises (i.e cabin crew who'd love to join, flight deck who wish them well and were impressed at interview, cleaners who admire their offices, barstaff who thought they were well-behaved at the WhoFlu? Christmas Party etc etc). At least he seems to have finally learnt something - ignore Pprune if you want to start an airline, and talk about it when it's real.
As to aircraft type, of course the L1011-500 won't make any sense in the real world. But as anyone knows who has run the numbers, if you dramatically increase the revenue yield per passenger then suddenly lousy, uneconomic aircraft start to look profitable. Remember Birmingham Exec with the 12-seat Jetstream at BA Club-class fares? Problem is that the punters don't tend to read the business plan, and shop around until they find the cheapest price. Of course some products sell on quality, but it can take decades to establish the brand. WhoFlu? Only time will tell......
