Mohikan,
Your statements ring at the heart of the issue facing all of us at Q. In the absence of scrutiny the BS that passes as "J* financials" noone knows what damage is done. It is akin to pruning a tree(mainline) to the point where the tree either recovers or dies. Clifford isn't terribly bright, just another HR Nicolls induced "industrial chieftain" who is personally profiting whilst whistling the tune of the evil of unions.
The media gloss over the lack of information and merely fall into line. further if this so called "complimenting" of mainline is so successful why hasn't one other airline adopted Cliffords/Dixon/Oldmeadow/Joyce's vision of airline salvation?