air conditioning on a plane was not essential
Hey, Parliament is out and it's a slack time for the media.
Air conditioning is optional, after all, it's minus 60 degrees outside, how cold do you want to be?
It's just those bloody selfish pax who want to be able to breathe air containing just a little oxygen and can't go without for even fifteen minutes that create all this bad press.
Never mind - we'll cancel the papers so nobody knows!
Now, have we giftwrapped the iPads for the Chairmans Clubs Christmas Tree?