Their prescription includes permanent and far-reaching changes in complicated fare structures that have driven away business travelers, in route networks and schedules that guarantee an oversupply of seats and in an archaic mind-set that counts on the government to bail the carriers out, like a prodigal son who keeps asking his parents for rent money.
It might be an indulgence too far, but I'll leave you to make up your own mind on that count.
When the handicaps were figured out, it turned out that Victoria had actually won the race, on corrected time, but never mind that: what really counts in a schooner race, of course, is who's over the line first.
"It's the heart and soul and mind that count.
Never mind that Sinhalese, who count for nearly seventy-five per cent of the island's twenty million inhabitants, outnumber Tamils by roughly four to one, and that Tamils, in turn, outnumber the next largest minority group, Muslims, by three to one.
Bear in mind that doesn't even count all the antidepressants, mood enhancers, anxiety reducers and other pills we convince ourselves we need to get through each day.
Never mind; it's the process that counts in his kid-pleasing marathon.
Ricciardo, who finished a career-best sixth in qualifying, said: "It's not always you have a day like this, so I can enjoy the moment, bearing in mind that it's Sunday that counts".
But, it is important to keep in mind that the only poll that counts is the one that happens on November 8th.
