And what is bad to find a national solution, how would you like it, if Lufthansa replaces Finnair, SAS or what ever and gives a **** about the "national" character.
Sincerely I'm pretty happy about Finnair as long as it has a more or less balanced economy. But if I had to pay any debts of so-called "national carrier" or back it up as a taxpayer (I happen to be a Finnish taxpayer), I'd say no. After all, we do have a common Europe, don't we? If O'Leary or Harrison sells me tickets for a quarter of the price I used to pay before and doesn't make losses, why not choose him and his carrier, as long as his planes are safe (and, of course,
if the choice of routes is decent and the quality of services acceptable). Or while Luftansa is efficient and reliable, why not travel with them? Is it an Irish, Italian, German, Finnish or multinational carrier - does it matter that much? Or are we still involved in old tribe fights and nationalist thinking across the Union/Europe as it used to be before?