They wanted a national air service because they knew they could provide a better service with thistypeofstructure than the previous fragmented structure we had.
The question is will this continue or is there a similar typeof inherent contradiction in the structure which will lead it to go the same way as the Japanese model.
And even though Alan had never been in the hotel or real estate business, he had an unbelievable clarity of vision I'll never forget, in 2000, he walked me through this gutted brick structure and was describing the color of the curtains, the typeof wood floor, the long bench in the entrance.
This is the sort of commitment that employees display under the command-and-control typeofstructure, when they have little control over their own destiny and little idea of how to change things.