Pay The Price

[SWA GUY]

John Doe,

Pick up any economics 101 text, you'll read about it there. Do your own homework!

And for the rest of you's, if you like the government running your life/business/finances, etc. so much, move to a socialist or communtist country. There are plenty of them that would love to have 80-85% of your income.

An avaiation message board is hardly the place to lobby for regulation. Take matters into your own hands and start a grass roots campaign, make a change if you can.

 

[ex j-41]

Start

Everything starts with an "Idea".

 

[JetBlast2000]

American has the most advanced revenue management system out there. I'm sure they've got it figured out.

If AA (or any airline) had it “figured out” they would not be in the position they are in now.

[font=&quot]What we have here is the Wal-Mart model of capitalism. Squeeze as much as you can out of your own system to look like a hero to the public. Fact of the matter is, pilots would be making rampers wages if airlines could get away with it.[/font]

 

[HughBeamont]

Regulation is not the key. If you think airlines are screwed up now, let the Fed Gov try to run them!

Free market economy is the best way to run things in this country. Darwin's law will sort things out nicely.
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Bush/Cheney 08!!!!

I was with you right up until I read your signature line.

 

[Carl_Spackler]

When was the last time you had a choice of 8 different busses you
could take downtown? NEVER
The city regulates the busses.

.... and they do a horrible job too.
City busses in alot of areas are losing tons of money. For the most part the people that use public transportation do not pay for it. Low revenue from the riders combied with the fact that the busses have 40 seats and 3 riders and gets 5 mpg means local taxes support public transit for poor people.

This would be the same as an airline flying big airplanes with only non-revs in the back.

 

[ackattacker]

Free market economy is the best way to run things in this country. Darwin's law will sort things out nicely.

Yep... free market. Lets see... all the legacy carriers get forced out of business, lay off tens of thousands.... who start again at the bottom, making McJob pay... oh, and the tens of thousands of out-of-work pilots/FAs/mechanics flood the labor market and force down wages at the remaining low cost carriers to the same level (oh, you thought your union would protect you? free market my man!)

But you can't really complain... "Darwin" has done its job nicely. After all, in a "free market", why pay senior captains more to do the same job as a junior guy? Everybody gets paid the same (nearly nothing).

Those thousands of out of work pilots who can't feed their families? boo-hoo-hoo... Darwin says they have to die anyway. Too many pilots. Certainly they shouldn't be entitled to any public assistance, what are you, a commie?

Oh, and those unprofitable rural routes? gone. "Essential Air Service?", more commie manure. Don't like it that you can't get air service into your community? Move to LA like everybody else. Don't come crying on the governments shoulder.

great idea, I think you've really nailed it.

 

[100LL... Again!]

Let's have a show of hands:

How many of you would be willing to be furloughed after re-regulation goes back into effect?

For the good of the profession, of course.

If enough of you quit or get furloughed, I'm sure pay rates will go back up for those who still have a job.