just yesterday, one of the Zurich canton representatives was in what is called “Roman Switzerland” (ie the french part) to explain how good having the hub at Zurich is for Switzerland, and how all of switzerland should be willing to help out, not just the Zurich canton….he also asked the french cantons to be more considerate towards Zurich’s needs…..to which the main response was that, in the mid 90s, Zurich wasnt exactly considerate when they snatched almost all the intercontinental routes from GVA…..
the animosity between the French and German parts of switzerland should never be underestimated….and after getting screwed over in the mid 90s, the french cantons see this as a kind of payback:D

btw, most of the SWISS management is NOT as one of u said Swissair, but rather they are almost all ex-Crossair management…
it’s sad because most of SWISSs cuts come from GVA and BSL, even though it’s these two airports that operate the most profitable routes for SWISS…add to that the fact that Zurich’s operating costs are far higher than GVAs or BSLs, and that after October, Zurich’s flight restrictions are simply gonna cause more problems for the airline means that it’s probably on the way out….

took this photo the other day…Saab operated for AF….
i guess this is the apprpriate threat to post it…

i agree with andrew though…the “Dreamliner” looks like a resized 170…..