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Old 08-01-2014 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Free Bird
So is it fair to say that the parking of the whales will essentially wipe out this years retirements?
Maybe not for this year, but depending on what they do WRT displacements then much of next year's. Then there is the post Colgan reform shredding redefining of block time to the ancient technical definition of taxiing under its own power which will shave 5-10 minutes off every flight in the system. That should be good for a few hundred jobs. Then there's always a potential reflexing up of the AS code share abuse. That can happen anytime AS management decides to play ball. The narrow body gains on the west coast do not belong to us and can go away in an instant. There's also a few "productivity improvements" that will likely sneak their way into C2015 here or there. Plus "slower Atlantic growth than planned".

They just sent a huge signal to th rest of the industry. You grow beyond what can support record breaking yields and we will shrink to pull everyone up to record breaking yields. IOW, feel free to capacity dump and we will accommodate you by preserving everyone's margins and letting you take as much revenue and marketshare as you want.