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JoeMerchant said:This problem started in 1978 with deregulation. It has been accelerated by Sept. 11, the internet, and soaring fuel prices. ALPA has ignored the problem since 1978 and now you want us all to "stand together". Your a day late and dollar short.
Joe
Redmeat said:This has been studied by ALPA up, down, side-ways, back-ward, forward and around in circles. The fact is if you raise fares 5% you lose 5% of the flying puIfblic, 10%, 10% of the flying public etc, etc. ALL with diminishing returns. It is NOT that simple to just raise fares. Do you think that if Steenland could make more money for his bonus by raising fares he would? YES! The LCC's will always have lower operating costs than the Legacy's, pure and simple. Their pay structure's are the future. It sucks but it is the "end of an era".
Redmeat said:The best EVER (in history) year (profit-wise) for the top 8 US airlines was 1999. That year the airlines made 5.3 Billion in profit. So I dont think we have been sliding down-hill since 78. Look at AMTRAK, they are regulated, how good are they doing? De-regulation was a good thing.
JoeMerchant said:To all you "just raise the fare" crowd, why doesn't Southwest "just raise their fare"? Wouldn't they make more money? Is Southwest management just dumb?
To cover the costs, the legacy carriers would probably have to raise their fares by 30-40%. Do you really think a carrier, who raises their fares that much, wouldn't see a dramatic drop in traffic?
To cover the costs, the legacy carriers would probably have to raise their fares by 30-40%.
JoeMerchant said:To all you "just raise the fare" crowd, why doesn't Southwest "just raise their fare"? Wouldn't they make more money? Is Southwest management just dumb?
To cover the costs, the legacy carriers would probably have to raise their fares by 30-40%. Do you really think a carrier, who raises their fares that much, wouldn't see a dramatic drop in traffic?