A little birdy told me....
.... that as much as the US team likes their route network, the competition have an advantage with the location of their hubs...hubs like ORD, DFW, ATL and EWR are stronger markets then CLT, PHL & PHX...therefore, US can't generate the same RASM as the competition. The hubs you all have are just okay....but because they aren't that great, you all have to keep costs low.
So....US can't make as much....because of the location of the hubs?
Or....maybe....just MAYBE....is it the product itself? I'm not saying it is, I'm not bashing...but this does seem like yet another in a long, long line of reasons for "sub paritis." That is, the disease of spread sheet management that will save 10 cents to lose $10.00, thus creating a sub par product.
I guess all of that rhetoric about putting money into PHL was....just lip service? And sorry CLT, you've been downgraded...next thing you know, STL and CVG will be better than you! PHX? Well, we all know WN kicking a$$ is the real reason it's hard to generate revenue there.
Fascinating...and of course, since it was just a rumor, who knows if the above is even true. But if it is, sorry that all the US hubs are so....need to be so cheap...since they are clearly not up to the level of greatness of the others.
"Hub Envy" anyone? Is that a treatable disease? Any other way to treat it other than making excuses and managing via cheapness?
.... that as much as the US team likes their route network, the competition have an advantage with the location of their hubs...hubs like ORD, DFW, ATL and EWR are stronger markets then CLT, PHL & PHX...therefore, US can't generate the same RASM as the competition. The hubs you all have are just okay....but because they aren't that great, you all have to keep costs low.
So....US can't make as much....because of the location of the hubs?
Or....maybe....just MAYBE....is it the product itself? I'm not saying it is, I'm not bashing...but this does seem like yet another in a long, long line of reasons for "sub paritis." That is, the disease of spread sheet management that will save 10 cents to lose $10.00, thus creating a sub par product.
I guess all of that rhetoric about putting money into PHL was....just lip service? And sorry CLT, you've been downgraded...next thing you know, STL and CVG will be better than you! PHX? Well, we all know WN kicking a$$ is the real reason it's hard to generate revenue there.
Fascinating...and of course, since it was just a rumor, who knows if the above is even true. But if it is, sorry that all the US hubs are so....need to be so cheap...since they are clearly not up to the level of greatness of the others.
"Hub Envy" anyone? Is that a treatable disease? Any other way to treat it other than making excuses and managing via cheapness?
h34r: One of the priorities this year is lowering the CASM. Any ideas on how that would be done?
) I do see what mgmt is saying here tho, and as pointed out, this revenue disadvantage was pointed out before HP even entered the picture. I saw the presentation on the Hub where they state they need to focus more on lowering CASM, and I respect that... just not sure how you go about that....
