Gentlemen, the Motley Fool article quoted was published in March and is well past its sell by date.
The point I was making about contracts and finance arrangements is relevant. What airline would offer up these details for inspection out side the commercial department? The information is just too sensitive for wide circulation particularly in these days of bulletin board gossip.
Business confidence is an essential criteria. Should NOW not commence operations I would fully expect (and understand) that they would exude confidence up to the last minute. I have no problem with that. However, this business of continually commenting adversely on a future airlines prospects is intriguing. There is an angle whereby it is beneficial to rubbish a competitors reputation in the hope of, critically, spoiling their finance and credit arrangements. Presumably financiers read Pprune too and continual subjective adverse comment does not, at the very least, help . Certainly the press quote the (seemingly) more informed comment from time to time.
There has been some adverse comment about the COO and his co-pilot background. Personally I have heard very good account of his management ability. I would argue that the skill set of an airline Captain is not that of a business executive. His command experience is irrelevant.
My own take is that NOW projected a very good culture at my interview particularly towards operational and safety matters. For that, at least, I hope things work out.
For my own part, I will go with my gut feeling upon receipt of a contract. As an overview I think that that there is still enough low flying fruit in the low cost sector for another team to go picking.