Leo ...
Before grabbing your pistol and firing, perhaps it might be prudent to look before you actually pull the trigger.
Stating that Lufthansa is
'an example of what happens when the Luftwaffe goes commercial'
is nothing short of childish and of course wildly inaccurate. That could easily offend anyone who is employed by Lufthansa.
I think you'll find one a great deal more productive than the other. 59.1 million passengers in the 12 months ending April 2009. Chicken !!!!, you say?
Now for comparing the financial data from one of your comparators to your own and waving your willy and claiming we carried more passengers is like comparing apples and oranges. Flybe have less aircraft and their aircraft have a smaller capacity as well. Therefore you could have saved your time and effort in getting the latest Flybe figures, since one does not need to understand rocket science to claim that Ryanair carried more passengers! Furthermore, to make a claim that a company is 'more productive' based simply on passenger numbers (which you did!
) when the two airlines are totally different, is showing a limited level of business awareness.
Next time.... think before you speak!