>>My dear Genevoise, that is great, but you are about the only one. >>

Certainly not in Geneva. Everyone flys LY to Israel. Mind u they are the only ones who fly nonstop from here. All my relatives in Israel fly LY, and those who used to fly foreign carriers, switched back to El Al.They have greatly improved the service.

>>I knew an ELAL crewmember, he told me the nasty things he would to pax>>

I never experienced a run in with a crew member. Only once from New York to London many years ago with my mother as a kid when we were diverted to Manchester. They are not as friendly as on SWISS but they are very polite.Don't forget they have the easy going Middle East mentality.

>> Customer service means nothing. >>

You are confusing the 1950's and 60's. Great improvement.

<<A woman wrote in the Jerusalem Report magazine, English. She blasted ELAL, they have no legroom<<

32" aint bad. Better than most.

>>Why do you think my BA planes were so full?>>

Reasons BA are full is i) El Al is full so some traffic overflows to BA; ii) giant BA can offer lower fares and iii) same airline connections throughout the world. LY carries about 45% of Israeli traffic and it increased by 3% this year. Same reasons LH, BA, KL and LX get traffic. TAROM Romanian used to be full because they offered the lowest fares to the USA but they just stopped flying there. Now many are flying on Turkish to the USA due to cut rate fares.

Before you criticise LY, I suggest you fly them first.