Originally Posted by
FougaMagister
As for Amber Gold's management having no previous experience of the airline business, there are countless similar examples - and not all of them end up in failure; I seem to recall a music industry executive with no previous aviation credentials setting up a long-haul airline in the UK back in 1984, with many question marks hanging on the future of his outfit... What was his name again? Oh yes - Richard Branson. Enough said.
I don't think Branson was ever suspected of being a Bernie Madoff-style businessman.