Following airlines will cease operations soon...

[USCtrojan]

Agreed. And two of the reasons I like NWA and United is because they can weather the storm with their size and international ops.

One caveat though. The more aircraft you park, the more market share you lose and fewer bodies will fill your 330's and 777's. NWA historically had an irrational market share competition philospophy and I hope they don't go back to their old ways.

Here's the irony. I really believe fuel prices will drop significantly later this year and the surviving airlines will wrestle for that market share once the casualties are out of the way.

It's a game of endurance.

Couldn't agree more, CASH is King in this game.

Trojan

 

[SFR]

You are correct, cash is king! That is why I am taking as much as I can get.



All for one...and more for me....



SEBD!!!!!

 

[Flybywire44]

You are correct, cash is king! That is why I am taking as much as I can get.



All for one...and more for me....



SEBD!!!!!

Yup... Fly those high block lines, pickup and save that money.

 

[Jonny Sacko]

I guess you missed Frontier? Or wouldn't they interview you?

 

[HalinTexas]

I'll tell you what. I wouldn't have said this last week, but after being canned at ATA I see lots of TV. AMR could be on this list. Everyday, they're in the news about this MD80 wiring mess. It's got to be killing revenue now and future bookings.

I'll give it a few months, but they need to get out from under this bad press fast!

 

[FlyFastLiveSlow]

Then I guess Bin Laden's attempt at Bankrupting the United States has a hell of a headway.

Trojan

Look at the current economic situation. Looks like OBL is getting his way....it just took longer.

 

[jonjuan]

Look at the current economic situation. Looks like OBL is getting his way....it just took longer.

No kidding. And, it will only get worse if he wins the White House.

 

[FlyFastLiveSlow]

No kidding. And, it will only get worse if he wins the White House.

Really? He's running for the White House? What an incredibly ignorant statement on your part.

 

[FIREMAN]

Sorry, I just got back in from my 5 day trip that paid $10,349. I green slipped that one...ahhh


Anyways, I had a 3 leg commute home (ATL-3G3) This is what I found out.


Jumpseated on JetBlue first. The captain is leaving in 2 weeks to go fly corporate, he says he is worried about losing his job within 3 years. The FO is going to try and upgrade asap and get some PIC to get out!!!

Then I got on Frontier.. The FO there said all is hopeless and he went strait to the airpot bar after his trip.

My last commute home was on Colgan, the crew was in good shape, but the captain did say that his dad is a captain for Allegiant and said that they are doing ok, but will close soon.


That is it folks....data from da ********************znit. On the kiznit.


BTW, I fly for AA.

JetBlue does not go to ATL. Get off your dads computer.

 

[Andy]

I'll tell you what. I wouldn't have said this last week, but after being canned at ATA I see lots of TV. AMR could be on this list. Everyday, they're in the news about this MD80 wiring mess. It's got to be killing revenue now and future bookings.

I'll give it a few months, but they need to get out from under this bad press fast!

Watching AMR's problems, I'm concerned over their cash flow. This is going to cripple them moving forward.
I think that they can find DIP financing, but they're going to end up being a LOT smaller on the other side. This is a brutal business.

Sorry that you lost your job. Good luck to ya on finding a new one.

 

[airmack]

Correction....

In this order:

1) Jet Blue
2) AirTran
3) Spirit
4) Allegiant
5) other LCC


Remember this....refer to it 2 years from now... Good luck all.... SEBD

What SFR meant to say was this is the order of companies that turned him down for the interview..Finally Continental felt sorry for him

 

[DeltaLima21]

Give this guy a break. Just because he makes a prediction on info that he may or may not have, does not mean he hopes that they fail, or means hardship for the employees. I personally made a prediction of airlines to fail 2 weeks ago.

1. Skybus
2. Frontier
3. Mesa
4. XJT

Looks like I am not too far off the mark, and yet I wish the best of luck to the employees along the way. I really think that this is a blessing in disquise for our industry, especially if Mesa gets knocked off.

 

[UndauntedFlyer]

No airline will be able to stay in business with the cost of fuel as it is unless the fares are raised in proportion. That is not happening. The result will be the failure of any airline that doesn't have the cash on hand to weather the storm. That's just part of the plan. Those with the cash will survive to see the others fail and then they’ll pick up the pieces, raise fares and clean up. There will only be three or four airlines very shortly, probably Delta-Northwest, Continental-United, American and US Air. Plus the Regionals to feed them. Plus Southwest, of course. Maybe another too.