"An operating profit is not a real true profit like the other airlines have posted. Go back and figure in dept payments, interest payments and all the other payments that your DIP group don't count but every other accounting firm and group counts. Who care about an operating profit when they are not large enough to continue to pay the bills."
Uh, an "operating profit" at UAL is the same as an "operating profit" at any other airline, except for one HUGE exception. UAL's operating profit INCLUDES debits for bills they'll never pay, and INCLUDES higher lease rates that WILL go down.
"what additional revenue base? being able to sell more seats for a loss on creates more cash flow, more in, but even more out."
Uh, even more out?! :blink: . An A320 pilot gets paid the same whether he has 138 seats or 156 seats. The airplane costs the same (minor diff because of config), and The engines burn the same kind of gas. By your logic, UAL should put only one seat in every jet. Boy, that'd lower loses....
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Uh, an "operating profit" at UAL is the same as an "operating profit" at any other airline, except for one HUGE exception. UAL's operating profit INCLUDES debits for bills they'll never pay, and INCLUDES higher lease rates that WILL go down.
"what additional revenue base? being able to sell more seats for a loss on creates more cash flow, more in, but even more out."
Uh, even more out?! :blink: . An A320 pilot gets paid the same whether he has 138 seats or 156 seats. The airplane costs the same (minor diff because of config), and The engines burn the same kind of gas. By your logic, UAL should put only one seat in every jet. Boy, that'd lower loses....
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