Originally Posted by
tsquare
Yeah, I think all in we are in it for $250 million. The next lowest cost refinery is in the $1 Billion neighborhood, and it needs a lot of work to be brought up to speed.... Trainer is living up to expectations as far as I know. It was never meant to be a profit center, but rather to give us better control of our fuel costs. It is really amazing how much we spend on fuel. Every $.01 in cost is a huge number to the bottom line.
The nice thing is that we have the shell corporation-- Monroe-- in place so if something does become available, we can jump on it. As the only airline with that sort of buffer against price spikes, we are unique among our peers, at least in this country...