Nice conspiracy theory there but I’m afraid it was not some devious plot thought up by the geriatrics- the pilot negotiations and subsequent recruitment were virtually the last items on the project plan- there were a few options if the pilots wanted to block the process, however, we were lucky and we just took advantage of the prevailing circumstances. I was absolutely amazed that the pilots bought the deal. SAA can get out of the short haul market tomorrow and the pilots could do nothing about it. Not that I think that’s going to happen but the option now exists to balance the narrow body fleet more evenly across both brands, with Mango having a 70% cost advantage over SAA it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out where things will end up long term.