As I look at the present composition of legacy (or former 'main') carriers in Europe, it saddens me to remember BOAC, British European, British caledonian,KLM, Air France, SAS, Swissair, Sabena, Lufthansa, Austrian, Luxair, Alitalia, TAP,Finnair, Iberia and Aer lingus, who pioneered the development of air travel in times when flying was an expensive novelty for the customers. How many of the are left, in non-hybrid corporate configuration??. Certainly not British Airways, Air France, KLM, Iberia etc., who are really part of some kind of crossover development, bending backwards to satisfy shareholders ( banks??) and trying to hoodwink the customers into thinking that rationalisation is really for the customers' own good. Perhaps the competition to survive, as an entity, has kept Aer lingus, Lufthansa and Finnair on their toes, with the Ryanair's of this world growling at their heels....maybe I'm wrong