richard kranium! your username is so apt because you are in fact a ********!!!
do some homework buddy before you go espousing your ill informed opinions and insults to everyone.
you obviously have no understanding of why ansett really collapsed, sure air nz made some mistakes, so did ansett management. ive gone through all this before so i won't say it all again, we all know ansett was as much to blame for it's own demise as anyone else.
poor old czd