Originally Posted by sailingfun

You forget a fundamental fact of business. When profit margins reach the 15% level capital and increased capacity flood the market. We might hit 5 to 6 billion next year but after that new airlines and more seats will pop up everywhere.

Originally Posted by sailingfun

Much like OPEC the big 4 airlines in the US are trying to mine every dime they can get now with little thought to the future. OPEC has finally received the message and now wants to keep oil in the 70 to 80 range but they are to late. The question is will airline managements be to late.

Originally Posted by sailingfun

Pigs get fed, hogs get slaughtered!

Originally Posted by sailingfun

As we reach a sustained 15% profit margin we should introduce additional capacity into the system to insure that large amounts of startup capital don't flood into airlines. Trust me it will, it always does.