Nonsense, iag one of many 'big players' to be played with. No question of loss making routes being maintained but difference is that as an Irish airline dedicated to Ireland there won't be any showboating ie. Pulling of viable routes to make political points as has happened many times with the competition. No Aer Lingus should probably not have been privatised but allot of good was achieved while it was. Now a solution has to be found that guarantees Ireland's connectivity which is by far the bigger issue while allowing commercial forces to maintain the lean mean Green machine and that site as s@#t ain't IAG.