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Skybus: Part Deux?

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I think I just threw up a little.... :puke:

http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2008/04/skybus-founder.html

Skybus founder 'working on a plan' to revive carrier

Skybus founder John Weikle is "working on a plan" to get the ultra-low-cost carrier back in the air again, according to the News & Record of Greensboro, N.C. Weikle's comments on reviving Skybus came just days after the carrier halted flights, stranded passengers and declared bankruptcy. "John Weikle said Monday night from Dayton, Ohio, that he had been working all weekend to build a team that could reorganize the airline and restore service," the News & Record writes. "I wrote a letter to the board today and said we've got to find a way to save this — save these 450 jobs," Weikle tells the paper.
How does he plan to do it? Weikle says the carrier still has about $10 million in cash to work with, which he believes will be enough seed money to lure new investors. The News & Record writes "Weikle is working with Mark Sparling, his vice president for finance during the founding of Skybus. Sparling and Weikle left Skybus not long before it began operations because they disagreed with the board’s direction and its choice for chief executive officer, Bill Diffenderffer." Stay tuned ...
 
I would like to think that the Skybus experiment is over. Unfortunately, their senior management is playing on the fact that the American flying public is notoriously cheap and that their memory is extremely short esp when there are tickets to be sold for the price of 2 Happy Meals.
 
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