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Old 09-04-2013 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by johnso29
I'm ok with you saying that. And I agree with not getting too spun up. But it's nice to finally hear good news. I've never denied that I can be a overely optimistic at times, but can't we for once acknowledge some good news? Why do we always put a negative spin on it?
It's definitely good news if you value "fleet renewal" which is the reduction of your fleet's average age. To me, that clearly means replacing old aircraft with new ones. It's also good news if you like the continuing concept of "diligently managing capacity" and "continuing capacity discipline." But for you to grab "growth" as a headline out of the company's press releases, it sounds like you're doing too much of this again:




Not that there's anything wrong with that!

Cheerleading is fine and all. In fact, as shown below, Timbo used to be a cheerleader...albeit for very different reasons:





Carl