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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 04:56 AM Original message |
Why are airline profits soaring? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. Airline travel, which I used to find enjoyable, has now become a nightmare |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 06:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. And those jam-packed cattle cars |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. Also, they outsource their maintenance |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. merican Airlines still does 100% in house... |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. Fees for damn near everything! |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 06:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. And yet, they're still missing one obvious fee |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 06:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I agree - |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. The workers united |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
8. In 2008, they went into survival mode and cut capacity like crazy. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 06:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. They also raised prices - |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yes..the lower capacity was done to increase prices and stop flying half empty planes. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-26-10 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's a zero sum game |
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