WillowRunVortex:
When writing about oil at $60 a barrell on this board, we are more interested in its effect on the price of jet fuel. We are a long way from the days during the 70's gas crisis when jet fuel was a nickel a gallon.
On your Six is correct. Unless fuel prices abate, or ticket prices nearly double, Jet Blue, AirTran and Southwest will join the party at the steps of the Courthouse. No one can make money in this environment.
So it is a matter of seeing who survives long enough to see sufficient capacity drop away for ticket prices to increase.
By the way, I agree with your article, but not your choice of engines. I have a couple of SVT products in the garage and eagerly await what those guys will do with the 5.4L. Early prototypes of the Lightning were putting out over 550HP. So far, Ford has nixed the idea of a 170MPH 5,300 pound truck. But if that was in the Mustang - Y I P P E E.
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