I agree that is the plan on the dry erase board of the day. But I don't see an actual battle plan to address the upcoming catastrophic seat dumping we are about to see from the Gulf airlines and their lobbyists as well as the flag of convenience scum bag labor buster airlines that are every bit deserving of a label even worse than the existing "S - word". At least one of those will have the courtessy to wait for an incredibly rare strike to stick a knife in our backs. These dirt bags will do it all day, every day, any day, its already started and it going to get way, way worse.

I'm looking hard for an agressive battle plan by the company to combat these threats. Its great when we can be on the same page to write Congress or whatever, but its their (extremely highly paid) jobs to figure out how to agressively beat the competition. We can't focus on the numerically impossible mission of never ending YoY numbers growth because that trend is simply not possible for much longer. You just can't compound anything that much on a permanant basis. We are in a battle for the very survival of our careers and the industry of a nation. Trimming capacity to drive up margins is played out. The capacity leaches are coming, and they are counting on us to yield in a failing attempt to preserve margins for a little bit longer.