He was brilliant. People just don’t give him credit for what he was actually brilliant at doing. Specifically, front-loading useless costs such as Amadeus (which is going right back to Sabre now, if I read correctly) and making route decisions based on the best-case “let’s not miss the boat” case of the central banks of both Japan and the USA….

​​​​​​…..and making the airline’s market cap attractive for a buyout due to forces “completely out of our control”, which was likely his goal the entire time.