Believe me I
have read the entire thread... my my it's easy to step on toes in this forum.
Not intended as a criticism of your posts philipat... as a matter of fact as I-FORD mentioned, for one so far away you seem to have an unusually firm grasp of what's going on.
The point I wanted to drive home is: it's not flawed business model... because it's not a business in the first place! AZ, as most Alitalia pilots will tell you, is simply an Italian ministry that happens to have airplanes.
The workers, as you said, will pay the price as always.