[QUOTE=Marilyn Munroe;595026]I'll agree to disagree if you'll stop your repeated posts on the same topic without putting up your commercial arguments supporting your left wing theoretical approach.
Fact is your suggestion by my calculations could carve circa a $2 billion dollar hole per annum out of the N.Z. economy, (lost share of profit, lost tax, lost PAYE and lost Kiwi wages, AIR's wages bill alone is over $1b per annum. Etihad would use overseas based crew and they'd undoubtedly ratchet up fares carving further funds out of the N.Z. economy. Not sure what your agenda is here but please stop repeating the same set of instructions as I am sure we're all heard your much repeated request many times over already. You claim its worth carving this huge circa $2b hole per annum out of our economy just to avoid the potential of a possible further support payment at some future stage. Another $500m at some stage in the future vs maybe 10 years of certain $2b losses to the N.Z. economy, that would be maybe $20 billion lost, (thought I'd do the maths for you, appears you might find the calculations helpful). Go figure ????? Like I said, please write to Mr Key directly and stop boring us with your completly nonsensical agenda. I believe thousands of shareholders and 11,000 staff would find your posts completely insensitive so please take it elsewhere.
I think its time you come clean on your agenda here Malilyn. Are you a former AIR N.Z. employee that's in dispute with Air N.Z. ?
Do you currently work in any capacity for Etihad ? If not why do you persistently mention AIR should be sold to Etihad rather than some other airline ?
What relevance does posting a link to Etihad's first class service experience on AIR's thread have to this forum ? Was this link designed deliberately to antagonise shareholders ?
Why do you post the same repetitive request to sell our National airline to Etihad over and over again on this forum ?
Why do you never support this with any sort of impact study or analysis on the downside to Kiwi staff and shareholders or the travelling public ?
Do some homework on the airline and you'll find that the reason the Govt first invested in TEAL 75 years ago was that they wanted to protect our national interests, (like many other countries do with their wholly and partially owned airlines) and reap the commercial benefits through its share of profits, company taxation and PAYE. Don't you think the Govt know how to paddle their own canoe ?