Originally Posted by Romanianflyer

Exactly this, with even a rather clueless in-house 'aviation expert' at the Netherlands' biggest paper Telegraaf telling in a video interview on the newspaper's website even saying they want to take KLM's status as premium airline away and making something of a long-haul Transavia out of it. Utter BS.

The Dutch like to point the finger at the French when it comes to their arrogance and protectionism (at times rightly so) - but they should definitely look into the mirror on this as the Dutch pride towards their national airline is nothing less. On the contrary, some actually do believe from the bottom of the heart that the only premium company in the skies is KLM and that flying any other airline is like stepping back into the Third World

I take 99% of anything I read about it in the papers with a pinch of salt.