Originally Posted by Worrals in the wilds
However, I don't see a statistical basis for Geoffery's statement either. I don't believe that the LCC phenomenon is as pervasive as all that, and the numbers show that most people still prefer to fly a full cost carrier when travelling internationally.
I think GTs numbers are a bit low, however my idea of a low cost airline may not be his. Low cost airlines in my book include Poly and Pac Blue, both of the Air Asia airlines (Indo and Malay), Tiger (Sin), Jetstar (Oz, Sin, NZ), JALways, Strategic, Solomon, Our Airline, Air Vanuatu and Air Austral.
A lot, if not most of these were never operating internationally into Australia 5-10 years ago.
Originally Posted by InTheWeeds
After watching that clip I would be amazed if you can hold your head up while watching it.
In GTs defence, he is a journalist, that specialises in covering aviation related stories, he is often then labelled by the media running his material as being a aviation specialist or expert. That is not suggesting he is has any form of aviation related qualification, it just means that the area he covers in the media, don’t expect him to be presenting a political, real estate, finance, or weather report.
GT is still only of only half a dozen or so aviation journalists worldwide that I find does get most of material right, and as anyone knows who has even been interviewed on TV, it is not hard to be backed into a corner until they have what they want from you.
If you want to give him some factual information, why not drop him and email, or call him. I have found him a very pleasant person to interact with in the past, and often you can have a conversation without breaching any data confidentially issues.