Some four years ago I had the great good fortune to be seated next to Stelios on one of his flights. I raised the possiblity of long-haul operation, and he was very much against it. He cited the example of PeoplExpress, which he believed had had a viable business right up to the point where they began transatlantic operations. He had clearly studied that company's rise and fall in great detail. Such was his strength of feeling on the subject that I would be surprised if, four years on, he had changed his mind.