Originally Posted by
Smirnoff
More to the point, what's someone (who presumably has reasonably level of intelligence given his profession) doing booking an Air MightTurnUpMightNot flight, to somewhere he needs to be, without having a back-up plan in place?

If you want to fly direct from the regions - there is no back up plan available.
Of course when he is using his own money, a good business analyst always uses the cheapest method. Could always run to get there I suppose.