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Old 06-05-2012 | 01:21 PM
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ReasonableMan
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Originally Posted by Elvis90
That's where we disagree. I think it is sustainable, as it has been for SWA, UPS and FedEx. If one carrier raises the bar, others will follow and pilot costs will be a commodity to pay just like oil.
You're right. We do disagree because you for some reason have rationalized that apples and oranges are the same when they're not even close. Do you know what the profit margins for SWA, FedEx, UPS are? Better yet, do you know what DAL's profit margins are and how ours compares to there's? Trying to keep up with Jones's will leave you in bankruptcy as we and UAL were doing that nonsense. None of those carriers where above DAL at one time, but they are now. Why?...because the didn't go for the lottery pie in the sky payout. They did it incrementally and subsequently the business could support that. We are on our way now the correct way,...the way that will allow us to stay there this time, not come tumbling down the mountainside with them waving to us yet again and shaking their heads at us foolish on hit wonders.
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