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Old 03-01-2012 | 04:17 PM
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Carl Spackler
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Originally Posted by Seaslap8
I would submit that whether you fill them or not has everything to do with it....casm is a nice metric when your past the break even point for a hull, when things go south 300 empty seats is more problematic than 100.
No it doesn't. When somebody like tsquare comes here and infers that the 747's are going away because of fuel costs, then costs are the topic of conversation. Therefore, Cost per Available Seat Mile is the metric to compare one fleet type against another.

Carl