The word pretend actually has several meanings among them "pretende". But taking this ambiguity, it most certainly can be applied to this case.
The situation is that Gol is getting from this deal not only one competitor off the way and precious slots at airports such as GRU, SDU and BSB but also a lower cost model, and speaking of cost crew cost always seem to attract a magical attention to the bean counters. So, keeping the Webjet brand opens the door to them to keep a lower salary crew... not sure if its possible or sustainable by Brazilian law though.
Another issue is that many guys have chosen Web over Gol due to the quicker upgrade and/or to be based other than SAO.
Would be nice if Gol would continue the multiple base option and offer it to their crews as well, but honestly quite unlikely
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