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Old Jan 8, 2019, 11:23 pm
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Originally Posted by #1son
despite AAB being incredibly pompous and self-important, I would venture to guess that he is smart enough not to shoot himself in the other foot
Smart or not, strategic decisions of this scale are not his to make. He does what he is told.

A QRexit would clearly be a bizarre move in terms solely of air transport. But the underlying forces of hubris, politics and finance can produce results not entirely rational.
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