Sorry but I have to disagree - unlike *A and ST, OW has a problem with European coverage. Yes, you have some IAG airlines and Finnair for Western Europe but AB is the only OW airline providing Eastern European coverage. Yes, they are not a typical OW member and I'm not quite pleased with them as well but I'd rather have them in OW than not. *A has a bunch of small European airlines and LH itself provides good connection options, ST has TAROM , OW only has AB and to an extent, Niki. Now, I read that the plan was to fold Niki into a JV with TUI but leave AB standing even though it may not be in its current form, so can't agree that a move from OW to *A is not so much of a problem. It definitely is but if it's a matter of viability, of course, everything should be done to preserve as much as possible of AB/Niki even if that means selling it to a competitor. Don't understand the BoD of EY - surely, all the investments made by Hogan couldn't have happened without their approval, so to now get rid of him as a scape goat doesn't make sense.