For all those lamenting the loss of VX (and I count myself among them) the reality is VW was one economic downturn away from insolvency anyway. Last years and the first half of this year will look great for VX profits, thanks to the windfall of low fuel prices and consolidation in the industry. While consolidation will help long term, those fuel prices won't stay low forever, and if there's a serious downturn in economy driving down travel, those losses can add up fast. VX has made money for only the past 3-years.

There are many things VX does brilliantly. But, chief among them is the ordering system through RED. AS allows you to pre-order food selections (though in my experience, it's a fail about 50% of the time). A combination of these ideas would yield an ideal (and I think profitable) system, reducing waste while making sure supply of fresh food items is adequate.

This would require AS though to install seat back screens, not sure they want to do that, as has been noted above AS is very fiscally conservative (which was far nicer than saying they are cheep). To be fair though, AS isn't as cheep as the majors, you can at least still get a decent beer at the boardroom ;-)