The problem, is that they, like Sabena/Alitalia/Olympic/ & later this week Malev . . . need I go on, do not want to see it that way, & neither would I.
Unfortunately, the Good Days are over, for them too. In supporting them, it is not a vain attempt to circumvent reality, merely to wish them luck in . . . preserving as much as they can, because you can be sure that the management & bean counters will be hoping to live "the dream" a bit longer yet, so why the hell shouldn't they.
Me I think they should fight tooth & nail for every last €cent, because the ones trousering the savings won't be counting in centimes
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They may dump the Odd Airbus in the Atlantic , or at the end of a Canadian R/W, but their wish to be treated as SkyGods is on our side lest we forget ( "we" meaning pilots, & if you are not, I am quite possibly not singing from the same hymn sheet as you anyhow, so excuse me
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