Forum Archive Index - May 2002

[- RIL <ril_in_usa@yahoo.com>]

1. Read Dogfight by Ewa(e?)n Wilson to see how they
contributed to a Kiwi entrepreneur sticking his head
up and getting it cut off.

2. Poor accident record over mountains.

3. Lack of responsibility of airline management once
said mountains are struck.

3. Ugly middle-aged hostesses (at least last time I
flew - about 8 years ago).

4. Precious attitude of staff.

5. Constant boring harping on about NZ this and that.

On the other hand the plane was clean, the staff were
pretty professional and you could have a certain
amount of faith in the pilots - notwithstanding
mountain ranges.

The best airline I ever flew: Lan Chile from Santiago
to Easter Island to Tahiti. 

Air NZ's current economic model doesn't work. Even
changing it may not make it profitable. The NZ
government should have the courage to admit that
owning an airline is a mug's game and either sell it
or shut it down. They could have done this before
injecting your funds.

If the NZ tourist industry then have a problem why
should the NZ taxpayer subsidise their customers to
get there. If the demand exists for inbound someone
will provide flights. Perhaps the tourist industry
could.

RIL


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