Insularity and incest - there you have it. One of these days the Swiss will have to realise that they'll have to drop their 'We're better than the rest of the world,' attitude and join in with the rest of the world (rather than buying up weaker bits of it or simply standing aloof and looking after money).
They'll also have to get rid of their cosy little incestuous cartels which keep prices sky-high here. This place is riddled with them - everything from petrol to property.
I'd like to think that the apalling and shameful demise of Swissair will be the shock that does it, but I have my doubts. The fat cats never suffer.
My sympathies to the SA staff who (so I hear) while facing the threat of unemployment, continue to deal with (justifiably) irate passengers in a professional manner.
bateleur
[ 03 October 2001: Message edited by: bateleur ]