Oh, the airline thing is most definitely complex, but if you look at the finances, taxes or indeed ownership structure of any of those airlines I mentioned (Virgin was and still is almost wholly owned by overseas venture capitalists, lol), it’s fucking absurd…

I appreciate the need for at least a flag carrier, and the more airlines the better (if they are functional and safe), however their current business model is absolutely insane, and yet rarely do they face the same scrutiny they faced in the past (TransAm, ANSETT collapses), or that, say, car manufacturers face…

They don’t really operate in anything even vaguely resembling a “free market”, is I guess the point…