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[phlrez]

Tell ya what , you all think your so smart , show me some projections of how our company would be doing today if oil was at 70$ a barrel instead of 130 something … until you can show me hard numbers that our company would be failing at 70 dollars a barrel I suggest you keep your parker hating quite ….

He’s kept costs down , he’s kept labor costs low , and the airline is running on time …


I’d like to welcome you to 2008…. This is what it takes to keep an airline flying .

That's part of managemnts job is to foresee things to come and prepare the business model for it.
Parker took a risk that oil prices would be stable and thus banked on capacity.
Seems Parker made a huge mistake and you are now experiencing the results.

Oil isn't the biggest contributing factor because all airlines are experiencing the same thing only US is doing thw worst.
It's the management of the merge that he blew and the choice of the reservation system. Agents hate QIK.
Low moral, bad customer service and a failing business model spell one thing. Inevitable doom.
All he has now is to save the company with the sacrifices of the worker. US has the lowest wages and still can't turn a profit.
Best off other airlines take US's share of the market and everyone moves over to the other airlines to work.

 

[US1YFARE]

Didn't Parker say in the beginning of the merger that the projections and profitability was all based on $50/barrel oil?

 

[BuffaloJoe]

Didn't Parker say in the beginning of the merger that the projections and profitability was all based on $50/barrel oil?

$50 doesn't even fill up my car.

 

[Bobbie]

$50 doesn't even fill up my car.

I run about $100 a fill-up right now in Los Angeles. I've got a 25.4 gallon tank and my car requires premium. I typically put right at 20 gallons in