Dear Brabazon,
Where have I been lately? On leave, and out of the loop until I got back to work and heard the rumour.
Loads are high? Great, but if the results are 'weak' and so the operation is up for sale, there can be no profit being made. To the best of my knowledge Maersk Air Ltd. only ever made a profit one year between 1989 and 2000, which I believe was about 1996 or 1997.
So if the loads are good but the results weak, the problem must lie with management, my original point. Incompetance there leads to losses, low staff moral and high training costs, all of which Maersk has suffered from for many years. Solution? Sack the management who've fiddled about since the days of Birmingham Express [and my lovely G1!] and get some in who actually know how to run an airline and manage people.
Regards,
Capt. Reepicheap
Small and furry, but armed and deadly!