Jan Baker

Are Airlines Going Bankrupt Again?

Couldn't they charge us by the pound?

Are Airlines Going Bankrupt Again?

All's I know is, United breaks guitars.

Are Airlines Going Bankrupt Again?

There is excess capacity because we killed fifty million consumers in the last forty years. They would have been born with a credit card in each fist, but we allowed them to be aborted.


On Jul 06 04:24 AM Crocodilian wrote:

> Author writes: "it is obvious air fares are simply too low to support
> the on-going fixed and variable costs of one of this country’s most
> important business sectors."
> ----------------------...
>
> Um . . .head scratching . . . if the airlines aren't filling the
> seats with these cheap fares, how do you think they'd do with higher
> fares?
>
> The problem with the airlines is not "cheap fares" -- its too much
> capacity.
>
> Why is there excess capacity? For the same reason that there are
> too many condominiums in Las Vegas: far too much credit, on much
> too easy terms.