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Old Aug 14, 2016 | 7:21 pm
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Originally Posted by YtravelF
They definitely jumped the gun.
Banking hubs is a sound strategy. But only if the underlying operation is sound. Banking hubs while running two un-integrated airlines is not the smartest idea and the chickens are coming home to roost.
Considering that banking of the hubs was an idea that came & went, for cause, back in the 90's, I never understood why Discount Dougie & his Minions went this route to begin with other than their apparent need to learn things the hard way. Which would be fine if it weren't for the fact that WE have to pay the price for their collective stupidity

And on top of all of this, they also decide to fully outsource the web operations to Asia

What's it going to take for adults to be back in charge again??
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