Betsy,
The MELDRW, SYDPPP ran infrequently from 1- 3 days a week. It was easier and cheaper to connect poeple through BNE for the daily flights to PPP and DRW.
POM is a destination, orginating from BNE. So this feeds off the wet lease agreement crew, no no base in POM.
As for conserving cash, DJ believe they need to spend money to make money, rather than sitting there with the reserves working without expansion. Each to their own i guess.
Also do you really think (a general comment to all) with a board of directors and a senior management team, that one person makes the descision without checking in with the research and the commercial interest? If this was the case I sure bet I would be on the breadline about 5 years ago.