Originally Posted by
phenobarbital
They're also probably thinking about the fact that 99.99% of people absolutely don't care about what's on the outside of the plane whether its Pokemon or fresh wax.
I don't agree with that percentage; when flying to Japan with coworkers almost ALL comment on how clean the planes are. It does affect the image. If your point was right, all planes would be in primer, why even paint them at all? The logos, color schemes, etc are (mostly) carefully decided, if they are trashed it is bad for the airline.
BTW, one of the spotless ANA flights I've taken was... Pokemon!