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.

 

[starchkr]

That's all well and good there flyboy, but you fail to realize that there is extra cost built into airline tickets right now that actually chargees you for your bags anyway. This fees goes to pay the TSA and to boost airline income...the fees to the TSA range in the very high millions every year for luggage. Also, there is nothing wrong with using learjets to get the luggage where it needs to go, for right now there are limited amounts of people (yes there are some) that use the service let alone know about the service. The current plan is to supplement the open space on most of the jets or props with this luggage and use courriers to get them to their final location...tell me where anyone else at Airnet is actually "trying" to fill those open spaces?

The airlines actually are not going to pay to transport the luggage, the pax are. You say they will not be willing to, well, they may not have a choice, they will either pay to have it shipped or be slapped with a $50 per piece luggage charge when they check in. It is already taking place in Europe, and the shipping of luggage has been a pretty big success there. Of course the price of tickets will go down as well, since the TSA fees will be eliminated, so in all reality, the general public will pay the same, they will just have to pay two different people.

One thing to note is that if this does happen in full swing, all the luggage will be off airlines, and shipped via "shipping services", which consist of ground transport and air transport. What this means for airlines is huge savings in TSA fees, and what this means for the "freight" industry is billions of dollars of income yearly. So tell me, could airnet use a few million more per year just for filling up a little empty space on their lears? Of course, and the rest of the business assets could remain intact as well...it would probably even mean larger equipment when things really started to move as planned. As i was told to do in another forum...do a little research before posting things that make little sense to you. You will see what their true plans are and what this means for companies like Airnet. As you can see for myself, i did do the research, and i do believe what they are saying is good, you can also look up how this is working in Europe, and what the entire push for getting luggage off airlines is all about. As a fellow pilot said, everyone is jumping to conclusions about things they do not understand.

Ok, you say there is no reason for the airlines to do this...besides the TSA fees, think about safety. Get bags off airlines and you eliminate a lot of threats that can "sneak" onto those a/c. Also, something a lot of freight companies never think about...weight restrictions. Get bags off and you can now fill the seats with "paying" pax and not have to leave some of that revenue behind.

Oh yeah, one last thing...if you buy your ticket on Travelocity or any other site like that you are a retard!!!!! Any moron should know that the same ticket they give you for $200 RT is available on that airlines website for $10-15 less...those sites have to make money somehow.

 

[flyin4pennies]

Hello,

Last time I checked usxp was trading at $.04 a share. No volume

Also when I talked to a certain Airnet exec on tues he told me that this bid was uninvited and has no validity. Also, back in Oct. when the last bid was announced, the name of the company was not disclosed yet this company made it known with no announcment from airnet to it's shareholders.

Ain't happening

 

[uscpilot]

Hello,

Last time I checked usxp was trading at $.04 a share. No volume

Also when I talked to a certain Airnet exec on tues he told me that this bid was uninvited and has no validity. Also, back in Oct. when the last bid was announced, the name of the company was not disclosed yet this company made it known with no announcment from airnet to it's shareholders.

Ain't happening

I was told something similar. I tried to have an open mind about this, but I dont think its going anywhere (sorry starchkr).
Gotta agree with ya pennies. By the way pennies, has all that snow melted yet? Sure am glad I am back home where its comparativly warm.
WDR11

 

[flyin4pennies]

Just about,
Was 55 today

 

[uscpilot]

Glad to hear that. It was like 80 today but supposed to be in the upper 30s tonight, possible ice this weekend. Oh well Ill escape it in San Antonio. And drink lots of Shiner Bock. I know I know they sell it in Dallas, but I will be closer to the source in San Antonio.
Have a good weekend,
WDR11

 

[starchkr]

USXP no volume...are you looking at the correct numbers there? The lowest volume i have seem in the last two weeks was in the 600M range...yes, that was the low, the higest was in the 2B range. Hmmmm...uninvited???? He was smokin' the bad crack then, I am sure we ALL remember that early last year Airnet went looking (yes, asking) for bidders, and this company was one that put in a bid...how that is uninvited is unapparent to me. When a company asks for bids and a company puts in a bid, it seems to me that the first company got what they asked for. I am also missing the point about disclosure...sure the original company Airnet withheld their name (probably because the company did not want its name associated with Airnet), and USXP simply went ahead and "told" its shareholders that they were putting in this bid. So what, because they told people what they were "planning" to do makes them wrong? Again, i am confused on the point. Last point to make, since when does an Airnet exec know what the hell is going on???? He!!, I talked to an exec the night of the X-mas dinner who completely felt that the first company was going to be announcing the buyout completion the next day, and this was one of the only execs that was well liked in the company, so tell me, does the word of an exec at Airnet mean much if anything?