These people want to buy Airnet

[Mason]

I don't know if y'all want these guys to buy the company.


Coalition for Luggage Security Reports that Voodoo Princess Charged With Failure to Declare Human Head
Monday February 13, 2:21 pm ET
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2006--"Behind the 'Skullduggery' and bizarre tale of a Haitian woman arriving in Florida with a human head with organic matter inside, a more somber security question must be addressed," said Richard A. Altomare, Founder and Chairman of the Coalition for Luggage Security, and CEO of Universal Express, Inc. (OTCBB: USXP - News) "The skull came from another country traveled with Floridian residents, landed in an American airport with thousands of other travelers, and was uncovered during a routine customs search. Had it been a bomb or chemical solution what is the value of our existing domestic protection? With no luggage there are no possibilities of other security teams in other countries inadvertently harming American children and America's peace of mind," stated Mr. Altomare.
"Today, we shrug off the skull as a quirky news item. Is a suicide bomber more or less quirky? Is a human skull more or less difficult to conceal than anthrax or a dirty bomb?" continued Mr. Altomare. "Let's stop laughing at the absurdity of a voodoo princess and start getting security serious before one human skull is replaced by tens of thousands of tragic skulls spewn about an airport because we refused to accept that our well-intended security system is inadequate as it stands. If it's inadequate for one crazy voodoo princess, it's inadequate for those organized terrorist cells that wish this nation harm," said Richard Altomare.

 

[leardawg]

An aviation concern run by a Voodoo Princess and a Skull? Could be a vast improvement. It's called Thinking outside of the box! Where's your sense of adventure, you anti-voodooite b*st*rd?!

 

[starchkr]

Mason, you made no freakin' sense there man!!

Were you implying that the woman with the head in her luggage wanted to buy Airnet???? You really need to explain your points better.

In fact, Universal Express "IS" looking into buying Airnet, but they had nothing to do with the head in the luggage. The story was just used to show weaknesses in the system with luggage. USXP is part of the Caolition for luggage security, and they are trying to get luggage of aircraft for not only security reasons, but for other reasons not known to the freight side of the business. You ask what the other reasons might be, well for one it would enable higher pax loads from weight restricted airports if you didn't have all those bags to worry about. Their ideas are actually quite good, but whether or not the general community will embrace the practice is still up in the air (yeah, pun intended).

And by the way, they would like to begin their jaunt into this new direction using some of the available resources Airnet can provide (read that as aircraft and courier services). This could be good for Airnet, as the checks "slowly" go away, they can be replaced with new things (luggage being this venture). This would keep Airnet going for awhile longer and would add to their branching out into "new" markets to supplement the loss of bank income. There may even be larger a/c down the road to fill if this new venture takes off as is expected.

OK, so there are those who doubt that it could actually work...well, in Europe this is very big right now. They want to get all luggage off a/c and they have actually started charging per bag when people check in, and these fees are not small, they range up to $50 per piece. No that is not for excess luggage, that is for ALL luggage.

Alright, i'm done now...and as far as wanting "these people" to buy Airnet, sure, it could be a good thing.

Last thing...the "voodoo" woman had absolutely nothing to do with USXP buying Airnet.

 

[Mason]

I was just trying to make the the point that this guy (the CEO of Universal Express) has made some really off the wall comments in the past.

Just poking fun.

I was at Airnet for two years, I miss the place and hope things go well for the company in the future.

 

[100fly]

I hope that these voodoo human heads don't smell as bad as the lab mice.

 

[rubicon789]

I hope that these voodoo human heads don't smell as bad as the lab mice.

X2 uke:

 

[starchkr]

Those things were the worst...get four or five crates and take them on a 4 hour journey from BUR to LCK and you were dying to get out of that lear when those doors opened. When it got really bad the O2 masks worked wonders...

 

[landlover]

i'm sure the lear pushing all the air back to front didnt help none either.

 

[flyboy7963f]

No matter how good a business idea might sound somebody must be willing to pay for it. Americans spend countless hours on travelocity to save 20 bucks on an airline ticket, so does anyone really think that they will be willing to pay enough extra to operate learjets to transport their luggage separately. Several airlines are in bankrupcy protection and most of the others are posting huge losses, so I don't think they will pay to transport luggage separately either. There is no reason for airlines to do this; they cannot put additional seats in the baggage holds to increase revenue. Bottom line USXP and its CEO are either crazy or just trying to scam their shareholders.

 

[rubicon789]

No matter how good a business idea might sound somebody must be willing to pay for it. Americans spend countless hours on travelocity to save 20 bucks on an airline ticket, so does anyone really think that they will be willing to pay enough extra to operate learjets to transport their luggage separately. Several airlines are in bankrupcy protection and most of the others are posting huge losses, so I don't think they will pay to transport luggage separately either. There is no reason for airlines to do this; they cannot put additional seats in the baggage holds to increase revenue. Bottom line USXP and its CEO are either crazy or just trying to scam their shareholders.

I totally agree.