Do you think its an "ex AN" thing or just an "ex other airline" thing?
A little off topic, but it is a general thing, certainly NOT just ex Ansett.
When Compass began operations, as anyone here should know it was a completely new Airline and started from scratch, I got so sick of hearing but this is how we did it at....... mainly QF and EW.
Just human nature I suppose, people get used to doing something one way.