60 Mainline Jets?

[diogenes]

Light Years,

Your pungent phrases cracks me up! I heard it for the first time when a mech friend spent a tour of duty in BOS.

Very descriptive, and apt.

 

[WSurf]

Would they make money if they were stand alone airlines that had to price, market, and manage a product? Probably not.
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And US Airways Does these things???????????????

 

[Light Years]

WSurf

Hmmm. This is true. I guess we could at least say that they overprice, stir up bad publicity for, and mismanage a product?

diogenes-

Thanks... someone get a box of Depends for our beloved airline!

 

[diogenes]

Another point. U absorbs the costs incurred by the affiliates. In my station, the only thing Mesa owns is a set of steps; Chautaugua, a coffee pot maker. When they need ground power, ice, deicing, etc., U provides the equipment and personnel. My research indicates NONE of these costs are borne by nor allocated to the affiliate.

Now, in the grand scheme of things, it MAY be cheaper overall for an affiliate to transport the customers. But if an accurate accounting were done, we'd actually KNOW, wouldn't we? IIRC, Piedmont and Allegheny had a devil of a time getting these numbers, if they ever did, during concession talks. Hummmm.

 

[WSurf]

Light Years,

How about a new Marketing Phrase for US Airways!!!!

FLY US AIRWAYS
IT BEATS THE HELL OUTTA DRIVING