Boob (you sure picked an appropiate name),the only people making this thread asinine are senile biitter unimformed fools who don't care how their horribly incorrect assumptions affect other peoples lives in order to have their 15 minutes of fame. You are dealing with peoples lives e.g. the airline employees and the people of the pacific nations who depend on the success of this operation. Every time this airline has dropped a service for whatever reason all the vultures have honed in sometimes doubling their airfares and ripping of the people who can afford it least. But don't you worry as your probably OK living where you have a comfortable life with abundent airservices. I suspect you have an axe to grind as you have offered no advice ,just a bitter selfish view of life which is sad for a man of 74 years.Maybe you and Kwajmate could form a club of people who think they know everything when in fact they know little. But then this is a rumour network so I guess your views fit well even if they are mostly incorrect. Anyhow it's like the TV if you don't like what your watching turn it off (or in your case don't read it)but don't stop others enjoying the show